Forest Park Middle School renovation project advanced by Springfield School Building Commission

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...pital asset construction.

Forest Park Middle School renovation project advanced by Springfield School Building Commission Published: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 8:00 PM Updated: Thursday, F......the city’s director of capital asset construction. The contractor is American Environmental Inc. of Holyoke. The unanimous vote to move forward with the work was “extremely critical” for a project that is un... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Holyoke   The Republican

Stephen Jendrysik: Chicopee Chamber of Commerce celebrates 50 years

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...spital or first-class hotel. Chicopee’s major companies were members of the chambers of commerce in Springfield and Holyoke. While local merchants advertised their stores as being located in Chicopee Center, Chicopee Falls,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Springfield

Momentum Building

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One of the main marketing taglines for the Scibelli Enterprise Center at Springfield Technical Community College is ‘Business Building.” This explains both what the facility is — a fac...... to the college, such as T.W.O., the workforce-training initiative undertaken in collaboration with Holyoke Community College, and the MassGreen Initiative, a program designed to train people for jobs in gre... (Read Full Article)

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Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts issues $717,800 in grants

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UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses in Holyoke, Springfield

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...hamber of Commerce. UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses in Holyoke, Springfield Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 5:16 PM Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 5:16 PM Eli... (Read Full Article)

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Pioneer Valley Regional School students attend 72nd Model Congress at American International College

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...ene, Peter Klepadlo, Kaitlyn Skiathitis, Noah Koester, Bri Paradis, Jasmine Serrano and Julie Lake. SPRINGFIELD - Students from Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield joined more than 250 high school stude......ool in Pittsfield. She will receive a full tuition scholarship to AIC for four years. Newly elected Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse addressed the joint session of Model Congress urging the student leaders to stay i... (Read Full Article)

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Ameristar Casinos completes purchase of former Westinghouse site in Springfield for casino resort

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A Nevada company today said that it has closed on a deal to buy 41 acres off Page Boulevard in Springfield for a possible $500 million casino resort. Ameristar Casinos completes purchase of former Westingho......gas purchased the land for $16 million from an affiliate of the O'Connell Development Group Inc. of Holyoke. “We now own what we believe to be the premier location for a casino in Western ... (Read Full Article)

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Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal to include $10 million for education in 24 cities

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...ncy, said S. Paul Reville, the state’s secretary of education. It targets 24 communities, including Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield, which are mostly former mill cities with a large number of poor children w... (Read Full Article)

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Big Y executes sale-lease agreement in Lee

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United Way of Pioneer Valley awards $2.1 million in grants to Western Massachusetts organizations

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...Massachusetts, Valley Opportunity Council, the Massachusetts Career Development Institute, the Springfield City Library and Womanshelter/Companeras in Holyoke. Sharon A. Jewell, interim president and chief executive officer of Martin Luther King Jr. Family S... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...es in Westfield,” he said. “And without it, that is money that would have been spent in the mall in Holyoke or in some other city.” Dobelle and Michael F. Konig, a former Westfield State professor who is now......s employees and students helped to support an additional 5,174 jobs in the commonwealth. This week, Springfield College released its annual “Community Engagement and Economic impact Report detailing a $42 ... (Read Full Article)

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MGM Resorts International casino in Brimfield would create 3,000 permanent jobs, developers say

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...ent group want to build a gambling resort on the 100-acre Wyckoff Country Club off Interstate 91 in Holyoke. Springfield has received a proposal from Ameristar Casinos for a project off Page Boulevard. Before the press ... (Read Full Article)

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Pioneer Valley Planning Commission lists goals for 2012

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...eet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 1025_BRENNAN.jpg Timothy W. Brennan SPRINGFIELD – The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission’s overall goal for 2012 is to “connect in order to compete...... the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center currently under construction in downtown Holyoke. The Commission is also working with a sister organization in Connecticut on the New England Sustai... (Read Full Article)

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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal meets with chambers of commerce from current and future congressional districts

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...al District, said Jeffrey S. Ciuffreda, president of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield. There were more than 60 business leaders at the event. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal meets with chambers... (Read Full Article)

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Taking Center Stage

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...of real-estate acquisitions, including the Paramount Theater (seen here), that promise to transform Springfield’s downtown. The kind of long-term change Flores envisions for the City of Homes will require energy......usinesswest.com Previous Top Entrepreneurs • 2010: Bob Bolduc, founder and CEO of Pride • 2009: The Holyoke Gas & Electric Department • 2008: Arlene Kelly and Kim Sanborn, founders of Human Resource Solution... (Read Full Article)

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Railroad developments on track for Valley

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...an calls for enlarging and improving an outdoor platform at the former Union Station restaurant. In Springfield, plans for a $70 million restoration of that city's Union Station are in the design phase; in Holyoke plans to revitalize its historic station are also under way. All of this suggests promise in terms ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Palmer

Groundbreaking Developments

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...hey include Mill Valley Estates in Amherst, Edgewood Apartments in Westfield, Churchill Homes in Holyoke, Chicopee Village Townhouses, and several projects in Springfield, including Allen Park I & II, Forest Park Apartments, Eastbrook Apartments, and Museum Park, so-cal... (Read Full Article)

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City2City

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...among the participants on the trip.” Erica Broman, vice president for Institutional Development at Holyoke Community College, said one intangible that Springfield needs and that Grand Rapids already enjoys is the power of momentum and positive thinking, somethi... (Read Full Article)

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United Way of Pioneer Valley looks at financial literacy

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... PhotoSeptember 30, 2010 - Dora D. Robinson, president and CEO of the United Way of Pioneer Valley. HOLYOKE – Hampden County has 52,000 residents who don’t use traditional banks or credit unions and instead ......fees or they have difficulty establishing proof of residency. Paul F. Bailey, executive director of Springfield Partners for Community Action, said high-cost financial options advertise relentlessly in neigh... (Read Full Article)

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At the White House, Holyoke Mayor-elect Alex Morse invites President and Mrs. Obama to visit Paper City

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...ng elected one of the youngest mayors in state history on Election Day Nov. 8. At the White House, Holyoke Mayor-elect Alex Morse invites President and Mrs. Obama to visit Paper City Published: Tuesday, Dec......f, for the White House visit. He has meetings scheduled Wednesday with U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, a representative of U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., and David P. Agnew, deputy ... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke officials urged to cut business taxes and pursue revenue from tax-exempt groups

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...on for residential property and $37.08 per $1,000 valuation for commercial 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,... (Read Full Article)

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Editorial: Western Massachusetts construction projects sign of brighter days

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...stories in The Republican or online at MassLive.com to learn about projects that are under way from Springfield to Longmeadow and Holyoke to Northampton. But in case you’re unaware of the uptick in construction activity – funded by both ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health

Over $86,000 in tornado relief funds awarded by Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

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...es; Hitchcock Free Academy, with $14,900 to support special education programs for tornado victims; Holyoke Chicopee Springfield Head Start with $3,500 for construction of playground improvements at their Madison Avenue site; an... (Read Full Article)

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Mohegan Sun officials talk with Western Massachusetts business people about proposed Palmer casino

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...egas-based Ameristar has a proposal for casino at the former Westinghouse site on Page Boulevard in Springfield. Hard Rock International is proposing a casino at the Wyckoff Country Club in Holyoke. Thursday’s forum was sponsored by Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts, Affiliate......y Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts, Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce and Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce. Jeffrey ... (Read Full Article)

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