...ial and industrial property. Holyoke’s business tax rate is the second highest in the state behind Springfield’s. That hurts the city’s ability to compete for new businesses and the revenue and jobs they bring,......tax rate would promote and support small business in Holyoke,” Aldrich said. Robert Sylvester of Hazen Paper Co., 240 South Water St., urged officials to remember his company must compete not only locally ... (Read Full Article)