1. Articles mentioning both MassDevelopment and Chicopee

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    1. Chicopee Uniroyal project receives extra $2 million in state grants

      Explore masslive.com (May 11 2012)

      Chicopee Uniroyal project receives extra $2 million in state grants ...d demolishing buildings at the former Uniroyal factory site. The city received its first $2 million MassDevelopment grant designed to clean up former industrial properties called brownfields in 2009. Typically, MassDevelopment allows a $2 million grant for any project, but Chicopee, which has been slowly working to clean up the 72 acres of industrial land and 23 buildings off Wes... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    2. Chicopee's Diecast Connections Grows Business Backed By MassDevelopment Growth ...

      Explore citybizlist Boston (Apr 5 2012) Manufacturing

      ...stomer. The company, which employs 20 people, expects to add six jobs as a result of the project.   MassDevelopment has provided a $300,000 manufacturing growth loan to DieCast Connections Company, Inc., a Chicopee manufacturer of permanent mold casting and aluminum and zinc die-casting. The company will use loan... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Chicopee

    3. Deval Patrick administration plans strategy to protect Massachusetts military facilities

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 27 2012) Aerospace/Defense

      Deval Patrick administration plans strategy to protect Massachusetts military facilities ...Massachusetts National Guard, Massachusetts Port Authority, state Department of Veterans’ Services, MassDevelopment as well as a state senator and state representative. The Defense Department plans to cut spending b......orce last month targeted the Air Force Reserve’s 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee for reduction of eight of its 16 C-5 jumbo jet transport aircraft by 2016. The aircraft will be tra... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Bradley International Airport   MassDevelopment

    4. Holyoke Medical Center gets $3 million in state help to obtain medical, non-medical and IT equipment

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 28 2011) Health Care

      ...sychiatric and oncology services, as well outpatient and therapeutic services, a press release from MassDevelopment said. Holyoke Medical Center gets $3 million in state help to obtain medical, non-medical and IT e......patient visits and nearly 42,500 emergency room visits. They came mostly from residents of Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, Granby, West Springfield and Easthampton, the press release said. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Holyoke Medical Center   Springfield

    5. Chicopee gets more Brownfield Redevelopment Fund money for Uniroyal, Facemate clean-up

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 26 2010)

      Chicopee gets more Brownfield Redevelopment Fund money for Uniroyal, Facemate clean-up ...e photoDemolition work began in January at the former Uniroyal site at Oak and West Main streets in Chicopee. Share Tweet 0 Comments CHICOPEE - MassDevelopment has released an additional $300,000 in funds from the state’s Brownfield Redevelopment Fund for two... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    6. Chicopee City Council approves tax incentive for John Lyman Co. to relocate, expand on Westover Road

      Explore masslive.com (May 25 2010) Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing

      Chicopee City Council approves tax incentive for John Lyman Co. to relocate, expand on Westover Road ...Road where a $1.2 million expansion and renovation is planned at an 80,000-square-foot facility. Chicopee City Council approves tax incentive for John Lyman Co. to relocate, expand on Westover Road By Pame......iness. In April, the company received a $2.2 million tax-exempt industrial development bond from MassDevelopment to help renovate the new facility. MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development authority, works with businesses, financial institutions and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Springfield   Chicopee

    7. Uniroyal work moving ahead

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 24 2010)

      CHICOPEE - The city has received a $100,000 grant for the next phase of demolition at the former Uniroyal/Fa......ings 1 to 6. Meanwhile, city officials earlier this month announced an agreement had been made with MassDevelopment to do a $250,000 study of the property focusing on a comprehensive look at all of the environmental... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency   Michael D. Bissonnette

    8. Uniroyal work moving ahead - MassLive.com

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 24 2010)

      ...te. Uniroyal work moving ahead Wednesday, February 24, 2010 By PAMELA H. METAXAS pmetaxas@repub.com CHICOPEE - The city has received a $100,000 grant for the next phase of demolition at the former Uniroyal/Fa......ings 1 to 6. Meanwhile, city officials earlier this month announced an agreement had been made with MassDevelopment to do a $250,000 study of the property focusing on a comprehensive look at all ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency   Michael D. Bissonnette

    9. Uniroyal site plan under way

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 12 2010)

      ...se Hangen Brustlin, of Watertown, RKG Associates, of Dover, N.H., and Tighe and Bond, of Westfield. MassDevelopment has already provided Chicopee with up to $2 million in remediation funding. But the cost of cleaning up the old industrial proper... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    10. Chicopee reaches agreement with MassDevelopment to study possible uses for Uniroyal, Facemate industrial site

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 11 2010)

      ...ll be at least three public meetings on plans for the site, but that they have yet to be scheduled. Chicopee reaches agreement with MassDevelopment to study possible uses for Uniroyal, Facemate industrial site By Jim Kinney, The Republican Februar... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    11. State, town to work on defunct school

      Explore Amherst Bulletin (Dec 10 2009) Education

      State, town to work on defunct schoolAmherst BulletinSample contracts with Springfield and Chicopee will be forwarded to the EDIC, said Richard Henderson, executive vice president for real estate for......to the EDIC, said Richard Henderson, executive vice president for real estate for ... BELCHERTOWN - MassDevelopment and the town's Economic Development and Industrial Corp. will begin working on a memorandum of agre... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Springfield   Northampton

    12. Cities move forward

      Explore The Reminder Online (Nov 3 2009)

      ...o where the proposed new senior center was going to be built. Bissonnette was praised by the CEO of MassDevelopment Robert Culver as having motivated Chicopee to be an "energized town when it comes to planning." "This award marks another successful collabora... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Robert L. Culver   Michael D. Bissonnette

    13. Qteros, the 'Microsoft of Energy,' Lands in Chicopee

      Explore BusinessWest (Oct 27 2009)

      Qteros, the 'Microsoft of Energy,' Lands in Chicopee Business WestQteros, the 'Microsoft of Energy,' Lands in ChicopeeBusiness WestHe should know; MassDevelopment signed an agreement earlier this year to manage demolition and development of the old Uniroyal comp......oyal complex off Grove Street, ... Attendees at the groundbreaking ceremonies for Qteros’s plant in Chicopee hailed it as much more than a match of a tenant with available space. Several months ago, amid repo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassDevelopment   Robert L. Culver

    14. Chicopee gets $100,000 to begin cleanup process of former Uniroyal Tire industrial complex

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 20 2009)

      Chicopee gets $100,000 to begin cleanup process of former Uniroyal Tire industrial complex ...onnette said that bids for the first demolition phase came in well below the $1.2 million estimate. Chicopee gets $100,000 to begin cleanup process of former Uniroyal Tire industrial complex By Pamela Metaxas......ject bids opened last week with demolition and cleanup scheduled to be completed by April 30, 2010. MassDevelopment President and CEO Robert L. Culver, Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette and Economic Development Directo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Robert L. Culver   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

    15. Uniroyal site set for renewal

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 1 2009)

      CHICOPEE - Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette said bids for the first demolition of six buildings at the former Un......ed and our I's dotted. This has to be done right," said the mayor. A contract has been signed with MassDevelopment, the state's quasi-public finance and development authority, to oversee the first demolition. MassDevelopment has hired GZA Environmental of Norwood to create design documents for the bidding process. "Twenty-... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    16. In Northampton, a Developing Story Is Taking Shape

      Explore BusinessWest (Jun 23 2009) Education

      ...ist’s live-in workspace. The south campus, named Business Park at Village Hill, is being managed by MassDevelopment and starting to blossom. This winter the park welcomed its first tenant when VCA Inc. moved into it......klin Hampshire Private Industry Council apprenticeship program and Westover Job Corps students from Chicopee. The idea for the consortium was generated by Mayor Mary Clare Higgins in December 2006. “We are ve... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Smith College   West Springfield

    17. Demolition plans a boon to Chicopee

      Explore masslive.com (Jun 4 2009)

      A key element in Chicopee's efforts to boost development fell into place recently when the city signed a contract with MassDevelopment to oversee demolition of six buildings at the abandoned Uniroyal/Facemate complex in Chicopee Falls. Demolition plans a boon to Chicopee by The Republican Thursday June 04, 2009, 5:43 AM A key element in Chicopee's efforts to boost development fell into place recently when the city ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    18. Uniroyal site razing scheduled for bidding - The Republican

      Explore masslive.com (May 31 2009)

      By HOLLY ANGELO CHICOPEE - MassDevelopment has signed a contract with the city to oversee the demolition of six buildings at the former Uniroy... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Michael D. Bissonnette   Springfield

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