Berkshire County is one of several areas in the state that have expressed an interest in being the site for a manufacturer to build 226 new vehicles for the MBTA's Orange and Red lines, with an option to construct 58 additional Red Line cars. Between eight and nine railcar manufacturers are expected to bid on the project, local officials have said.
Axia NetMedia Corp. is poised to flip the switch on a new broadband network that will bring high-speed Internet to municipal facilities across
A bio-pharmaceutical company is working to establish a manufacturing facility in Berkshire County that could bring dozens of jobs within five years Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, which officially incorporated this week, has spoken with officials in both Pittsfield and Lee, and has also been in contact with MassDevelopment, said Andrea Wagner, one three Boston-area shareholders who established the company. Wagner said the company hopes to have a facility in the Berkshires up and running within 15 months after financing is completed. The firm has verbal commitments from equity investors, and is currently working with local banks, including Berkshire Bank, Wagner said.
MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency, has issued a tax-exempt bond on behalf of Berkshire Retirement Home Inc., which operates Berkshire Place, to assist the project. Berkshire Place expects to create 18 jobs as a result of the project, along with 75 construction jobs, according to MassDevelopment calculations, the state agency said in a press release. NBT Bank, Adams Community Bank and Glens Falls National Bank purchased the bond. The bond was enhanced by a MassDevelopment guarantee.
Today in Western Massachusetts the crisis is not the flow of water but the flow of information. Many people can only get Internet connections which are just a trickle compared to the high-speed Internet service offered elsewhere by cable and phone companies. But they do not serve many rural areas because they don't see any profits to be made there. To bring service to people in those areas, the Patrick administration created the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. Using state and federal funds, MBI
The celebration will shine a light on the $400,000 worth of grant money that will be pumped into nine arts, history and science organizations throughout Western Massa chusetts, funding courtesy of the Cultural Facilities Fund.
The grants were announced this week by Gov. Deval Patrick and comprise the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, the Images Cinema in Williamstown, the Berkshire Historical Society at Arrowhead (the Herman Melville home) in Pittsfield, the city of North Adams for the Mohawk Theater, the Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns, and the Sandisfield Arts & Restoration Committee.
The company had eight employees at the end of 2011, but has already hired one new worker this year and plans to hire another during the fourth quarter. The company plans to hire two more employees next year, Gigliotti said. He said his company plans to maintain its relationship with MassDevelopment. "If we hit our numbers and continue to grow, we're going to need more equipment down the road," Gigliotti said. "We'll have an ongoing need for equipment." MassDevelopment works with businesses, nonprofits, financial institutions and communities to stimulate economic growth across the state. The agency financed or ...
MountainOne Financial Partners has opened its new financial center on a two-acre parcel in the business park that overlooks Silver Lake. Personnel from the four entities of the North Adams-based holding company that are slated to occupy the 6,850-square-foot, single-floor structure began to move in last week.
The Massachusetts Export Center, part of the state's Small Business Development Center Network, serves as a one-stop resource for export assistance, offering a range of targeted, customized services to exporters, including counseling, technical assistance, market research and training.
Among Massachusetts manufacturers, the greatest percentage of advertised job openings were in the computer equipment sector at 28 percent, followed by positions in pharmaceutical and medicine at 24.7 percent. The most sought-after occupations by state manufacturers included sales and customer service representatives, computer and information technology-related positions, and managers.
