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    1. High-speed Internet on horizon for towns

      Explore Home - North Adams Transcript (Feb 3 2012) Information Technology

      MassBroadband 123 received $45.4 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and an additional $26.2 million from the state, and will lay 1,300 miles of fiber-optic cable and over 35,000 utility poles.

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      Mentions:   Massachusetts Technology Collaborative   Springfield

    2. Governor pushes for $2M from surplus for Greylock Glen fixes

      Explore Home - North Adams Transcript (Aug 26 2011)

      Patrick's office has slated $2 million to go toward infrastructure repair at the Greylock Glen just as the town is preparing an application to the MassWorks grant program for the same kind of work - consisting of road repair, water and sewer line repair and electrical upgrades. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   MassDevelopment

    3. Colleges: We can educate for General Dynamics jobs

      Explore Home - North Adams Transcript (Dec 24 2010) Education , Life Sciences

      MCLA is also scheduled to break ground on its 65,000-square-foot Center for Science and Innovation this coming summer. Bowman Hall, where MCLA’s science programs are located, will be renovated as part of that project. The completion of those two projects is expected to enhance MCLA’s workforce development efforts. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   General Dynamics   Amherst

    4. Williams panel discusses pros and cons of biomass

      Explore Home - North Adams Transcript (Oct 30 2010) Energy

      "The topic of biomass has become more and more charged," said Henry Art, Rosenburg professor of environmental studies and biology at Williams. "If we were discussing this 100 years ago, people would probably just shrug. Most people heated their homes with biomass back then," (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Greenfield

    5. Economic agencies uniting to create '1Berkshire' - North Adams Transcript

      Explore Home - North Adams Transcript (Apr 19 2010)

      The boards of four countywide economic development agencies have formed a new alliance to provide a single point of entry for those interested in doing business in the county and to act as one outlet in marketing and promoting the Berkshires. Known as "1Berkshire," it is intended to streamline and coordinate the region's economic development engine, and it unifies the efforts of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, the Berkshire Economic Development Corporation, the Berkshire Creative Economy Council, and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Berkshire Bank   1Berkshire