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  1. Articles mentioning both MassMutual Center and Chicopee

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    1. Tourism leaders in Massachusetts mark economic importance of industry

      Explore masslive.com (May 9 2012) Tourism

      Tourism leaders in Massachusetts mark economic importance of industry ...h will receive an early boost on June 1 and 2 with Massachusetts Democratic state convention at the MassMutual Center in Springfield and a convention of the American Truck Historical Society the same weekend at the Ea...... Brewer, D-Barre, the chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee, the co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, each won... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   West Springfield   Springfield

    2. Taking Center Stage

      Explore BusinessWest (Jan 3 2012)

      Taking Center Stage ...le. “I think very highly of Herbie,” said Russ Omer, vice president of Commercial Lending for Chicopee Savings Bank, the lead lender on the Paramount project. “He’s been involved in the neighborhood for......hony should be doing a show, the Basketball Hall of Fame should be doing some kind of activity, the MassMutual Center should be doing some hockey, CityStage should be doing something, and the Paramount should be ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

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

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 8 2011)

      Mohegan Sun officials talk with Western Massachusetts business people about proposed Palmer casino ...f it purchased from local vendors. About 100 local business people gathered Thursday morning at the MassMutual Center in Springfield to find out how they can grab a piece of that business for themselves. Mohegan Sun a......t of business with them in Connecticut,” said Dennis R. King, president of King Ward Coach Lines in Chicopee. “We are hoping to improve that relationship here.” Especially because a Western Massachusetts casi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Mohegan Sun   MassMutual Center

    4. Emergency responders convene in Springfield for education and networking

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 4 2011) Education

      Emergency responders convene in Springfield for education and networking ...s Conference, presented by Western Massachusetts EMS, convened Friday and concludes Saturday at the MassMutual Center. About 145 first responders are attending. Emergency responders convene in Springfield for educatio...... conference. Among the frequent attendees was Steve Draghetti, a paramedic working for Alert EMS in Chicopee. “I come to this conference every year,” Draghetti said. Draghetti said that after coming to one of... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Springfield   Chicopee

    5. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Oct 14 2011) Retail

      Profiles in Business ...ith BusinessWest just a few weeks before an elaborate 75th-anniversary ball was to be staged at the MassMutual Center, D’Amour produced a copy of the remarks his father gave at a similar event for the company’s 50th b......mple, he noted the commonly held belief that Paul and Gerry D’Amour started the company together in Chicopee. In actuality, Gerry was in the military when Paul decided he ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

    6. Check It Out

      Explore BusinessWest (Sep 27 2011)

      Check It Out ... Expo,” said Kate Campiti, associate publisher of BusinessWest, which is producing the event at the MassMutual Center. “It’ll have information and schedules for the educational seminars and Show Floor Theater presenta......ne Your Business will be held in a room off the exhibition hall. Staged in partnership with the Chicopee and Greater Holyoke chambers of commerce, Mine Your Business pairs two representatives from a compa... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast   MassMutual Center   Springfield

    7. FEMA recovery centers open Saturday in Springfield, West Side to aid tornado victims

      Explore masslive.com (Jun 17 2011)

      FEMA recovery centers open Saturday in Springfield, West Side to aid tornado victims ... quickly and efficiently as possible.” Residents in the communities of Agawam, Brimfield, Charlton, Chicopee, Monson, Palmer, Southbridge, Springfield, Sturbridge, West Springfield, Westfield, and Wilbraham a......f Pioneer Valley reports there are still 235 people staying at the emergency shelter set up in the MassMutual Center as of Friday afternoon. The number is down from 285 people a week earlier. The Red Cross has provid... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual Center   Palmer

    8. Some bright spots for local business in a year dominated by unemployment, a struggling housing market and ...

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 27 2010) Energy , Life Sciences , Manufacturing

      Some bright spots for local business in a year dominated by unemployment, a struggling housing market and ... ... recession. 1) In August, Callaway Golf Corp. announced it was laying off 200 to 250 workers at its Chicopee plant before the end of 2011. Production will move to Mexico. The plant, once Spalding’s Top-Flite ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual Center

    9. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Nov 26 2010) Aerospace/Defense

      Profiles in Business ...s, the portfolio and, in some cases, the office walls have been bolstered by work that includes the MassMutual Center, the new Chicopee Comp (perhaps its largest public-school project), and, more recently, the new Minnechaug Regional H... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   MassMutual Center

    10. Editorial: For Western Mass. businesses, success begins at home

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 22 2010) Manufacturing

      Editorial: For Western Mass. businesses, success begins at home ... the inaugural Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competition & Conference (AMICCON) held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. Editorial: For Western Mass. businesses, success begins at home Published: Tue...... the product. As William S. Wright, president of John R. Lyman Co. and Lym-Tech scientific, both in Chicopee, put it: “Why go across the world for a market when there might be a customer right here?” We hope ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Springfield   Chicopee

    11. New manufacturing conference seeks to link Western Massachusetts companies, services

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 16 2010) Manufacturing

      New manufacturing conference seeks to link Western Massachusetts companies, services ... of Go Graphix of East Longmeadow, apply graphics to this van during the AMICCON conference at the MassMutual Center in Springfield Tuesday. Share Tweet 0 Comments SPRINGFIELD – The inaugural Advanced Manufacturing......e stuff,” said William S. Wright, president of John R. Lyman Co. and Lym-Tech scientific both in Chicopee. “And we need people to make stuff here, rather than over there.” John R. Lyman Co. makes a variety... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Springfield   Chicopee

    12. Springfield AMICCON conference creating business before it happens

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 15 2010) Energy , Manufacturing

      Springfield AMICCON conference creating business before it happens ...ant to disclose the specific names of companies, but he said once he got involved with AMICCON, a Chicopee manufacturer that focuses on defense work approached DIF Designs about its website. “They’d been lo......region. It’s great.” AMICCON: Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competition & Conference Where: MassMutual Center, Springfield When: Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cost: For the types of large manufacturers organizers ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual Center   Springfield

    13. Editorial: Western Massachusetts' businesses get a matchmaker

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 13 2010) Manufacturing

      ... AMICCON for short, have for manufacturers in the region. The conference is set for Nov. 16 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. Editorial: Western Massachusetts' businesses get a matchmaker Published: Tuesd......ational trade has its allure, it also has its expenses. “It’s cheaper to serve a customer that’s in Chicopee than it is to service a customer who is in Sweden,” said Victor J. Morando, vice president of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Springfield   Chicopee

    14. AMICCON - Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competition & Conference - scheduled for MassMutual Center in Springfield

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 13 2010) Manufacturing

      AMICCON - Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competition & Conference - scheduled for MassMutual Center in Springfield ...ing needs. AMICCON - Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competition & Conference - scheduled for MassMutual Center in Springfield Published: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 5:00 AM Jim Kinney, The Republican Jim Kinney......earched around the country for a company to supply it with lasers ... only to discover that another Chicopee company could fulfill its needs. And that company was located next door, literally on property that... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Raytheon   MassMutual Center   West Springfield

    15. Bringing It All Back Home

      Explore BusinessWest (Jun 16 2010) Energy , Manufacturing

      Bringing It All Back Home ...ifferent manufacturing capabilities — in one place,” said Eric Hagopian, president of Hoppe Tool in Chicopee and a member of the AMICCON steering committee. Why is that important? Hagopian and others on the c...... what their capabilities are, and how they can help us.” The conference, slated for Sept. 23 at the MassMutual Center, will focus on six key manufacturing niches: plastics and advanced materials, precision machining, ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   MassMutual Center

    16. Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau honors 9 hospitality workers with Howdy awards

      Explore masslive.com (May 18 2010) Tourism

      ...2010, 2:00PM HowdyWinner518.jpg Photo by Dave Roback / The RepublicanEvelyn Cruz-Cabera, left, of Chicopee, talks with Howdy Award winner Ermelinda Cruz of Springfield during 15th Annual Howdy Awards for ......, Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, West Springfield. Attractions: Winnie Hall, concession worker, MassMutual Center, Springfield Beverage: Michelle Hill, bartender, Chandler’s restaurant, Deerfield Food: Tyler Conro... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Baystate Health   Springfield

    17. Doing Business in: Springfield

      Explore BusinessWest (May 13 2010) Education

      ...k, and now there is land for new construction,” he countered. “You have property at Smith & Wesson, Chicopee River Business Park, in Indian Orchard, for light industrial. So now, there’s plenty of land out th......property could potentially impact so much,” he said. “Moving north across Court Square, then to the MassMutual Center side, the lower part of State Street, and the beginning of the South End … getting that ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   MassMutual   MassMutual Center

    18. Springfield Falcons of AHL announce 1-year affiliation with Columbus Blue Jackets

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 25 2010)

      Springfield Falcons of AHL announce 1-year affiliation with Columbus Blue Jackets ... League team made official its new affiliation with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday at the MassMutual Center. With the Edmonton Oilers ending their three-year deal with the Falcons, team president and general......ral tie-in to the area because the Springfield Armory produced many of the guns and the Ames Co. in Chicopee made a lot of the swords used during the Civil War. The Falcons will still feature ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   MassMutual Center   Springfield Armory

    19. Fair to display 'green' future

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 9 2009) Education , Energy , Green Region

      ... at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He will be among the speakers at the conference at the MassMutual Center. The opportunity and job fair is free and open to the public; reegistration is required for the con......s, will be an exhibitor, Pollin said. Qteros is planning to build a $3.2 million pilot plant in Chicopee. The company's Q microbe, which was developed at the university, turns plant matter ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual Center   Springfield

    20. Developers interested in Springfield

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 31 2009) Education

      Developers interested in SpringfieldMassLive.comFriday's event included speeches at the MassMutual Center by State Housing and Economic Development Secretary Gregory P. Bialecki and John J. Judge, ...and m......ork Street jail site, the Indian Orchard Business Park on Oak, Goodwin and Pinevale streets and the Chicopee River Business Park. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual Center

    21. Economic development secretary tells Springfield area chamber he sees positive signs in Mass. economy

      Explore masslive.com (May 13 2009) Education

      Economic development secretary tells Springfield area chamber he sees positive signs in Mass. economy ...ed off the Affiliated Chamber of Commerce of Greater Springfield's 2009 Business Market Show at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. He filled in for announced keynote speaker Gov. Deval L. Patrick, who instead atten......It's a great way to increase the bank's visibility," said Luke D. Kettles, senior vice president at Chicopee Savings Bank. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   MassMutual Center   Springfield

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