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

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“We always do an annual breakfast focusing on economic development and because UMass is one of the economic drivers of our region we felt it would be great to have the new president sp......he Republican Follow 1 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print HOLYOKE– University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret said Thursday he is looking forward to developing new relationships wi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Springfield

Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...e marketers use to brand the region refers to 26 colleges and universities, the largest being the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Connecticut. Closer to home, Westfield State has an annual economic impact of $194 million on its annual budget of $84.1 million. The univ......f $84.1 million. The university has a 629 employees, Dobelle said. In fiscal 2010, the impact of UMass Amherst ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Springfield College

UMass offering grants to professors to help them save students money on textbooks

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Westfield State University   Westfield

Holyoke Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center completes first stage of construction

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...p of world class institutions,” Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray. said. Partners in the center are the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni......e new partnership that will allow students from Holyoke’s William J. Dean Technical High School and Westfield Vocational High School to work on the construction site to learn new building skills. Holyoke Commu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...owell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Westfield and Worcester. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals Published: Wednesday, Novem......omprise Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s education agenda for his second term. Patrick outlined the goals at UMass Boston on Wednesday morning. The Milton Democrat’s other goals include entitling every child to a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Amherst Select Board voted to establish downtown Business Improvement District

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House Passes Bill That Earmarks Millions To County

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

Amherst business owners moving ahead to create Business Improvement District downtown

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... said. Northampton created an improvement district in 2009. Districts have also been established in Westfield and Springfield. Maroulis said joining the district is not mandatory. Property owners will have 30 ......perty owners will have 30 days after it’s approved to opt out, Roberts said. Roberts said that the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College officials have signed on and have been extremely supportive. Committee members ... (Read Full Article)

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Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield breaks ground on new $85,000 therapeutic garden

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...oal last year when the hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary. Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield breaks ground on new $85,000 therapeutic garden Published: Monday, September 12, 2011, 12:45 PM By ......nation of 13 different design proposals recently submitted by an architecture design class from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The hospital currently serves 65 long-term acute care patients. "This will provide a ... (Read Full Article)

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2011 Big E Daily Schedule

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...dlers Contest – Coliseum 7 a.m. – FFA Forestry Contest – Forest Park FFA Horse Evaluation Contest – UMass Intercollegiate, FFA, 4-H Dairy Judging Contest – Coliseum 7:30 a.m. – FFA Farm Business Management...... Honor Stage Mardi Gras Parade 10 p.m. – Last Shuttle to West Springfield Hotels Thursday, Sept. 29 Westfield Day big929.jpg 8 a.m. – Now Open – Mallary Complex Llama Jackpot Obstacle – Mallary Arena 4 8:30 a.... (Read Full Article)

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Rebuilding Springfield

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... Gerald Hayes “They’re pretty intense,” said Hayes, vice president of Administration and Finance at Westfield State University, former president of the Springfield Economic Development Corp., and one of two me......and Development, and director of the Center for Economic Development in the School of Management at UMass Amherst. He would later serve as president of the Springfield Economic Development Corp., and wo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Westfield State University

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs $30.6 billion state budget

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... municipal health insurance. The budget also includes cuts to higher education that have forced the University of Massachusetts and almost every other campus to raise mandatory fees on students for the upcoming academic year. P...... provision, for example, means that Springfield will get back $2.3 million; Northampton, $270,000; Westfield, $385,000 and West Springfield, $219,000. Patrick and legislative leaders reached agreement Friday ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Westfield State University marks upswing after name change

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...r authority granted by the board of higher education, concurred in by the boards of trustees of the University of Massachusetts and of said state universities.” Dobelle hints that while Westfield does not yet offer doctoral programs, plans may be in the works to have the University of Massachusetts at Amherst offer doctorate-level courses on his campus. Westfield’s name change was approved last July and took effect on Oct ... (Read Full Article)

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Profiles in Business

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...fit, if it all works.” Blair has been honing this definition since not long after he graduated from UMass Amherst and took that job with the Division of Employment Security, one that made a lasting impress......e spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the creation or retention of thousands of jobs. Individual suc... (Read Full Article)

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Economic Impact Zone for Westfield downtown gains City Council support

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Western Massachusetts census marked by boom and bust

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...suffered small population losses, for example. Cities such as Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield and Westfield enjoyed incremental gains, because they added more Hispanics, according to census numbers. Take awa......er-to-bumper for a mile on Route 9 on Friday afternoons in Belchertown, coming from Amherst and the University of Massachusetts, Albertson said. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Palmer

Colleges claim they bring $2 billion a year to Western Massachusetts economy

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...universities estimate that their economic impact on the region totals more than $2 billion with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as the clear leader. In Amherst, UMass contributed $1.43 billion in economic activity to the economy, according to a recent report produce... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Smith College

Outlook 2011: Road to recovery still long, winding

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...t J. Nakosteen, a professor of economics and statistics at the Isenberg School of Management of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, points to that pesky unemployment rate which never seems to change. “We seem to have hi......still expected to lag. Nakosteen said a tight state budget will hurt municipalities, not to mention UMass and Westfield State University, both major drivers in the region’s economy. Also, manufacturing and ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Westfield State University   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Profiles In Business

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...ming in,” he continued. “It’s fun to watch … it seems to always come from the same direction — Westfield and Easthampton — and you can see it developing; you know what’s coming at you.” The same cannot be......e left Colombia for the U.S., “following a girlfriend.” She went to Cornell, and Rosskothen went to UMass Amherst, where he studied business and finance (more on that later) “That was ... (Read Full Article)

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Edward Lambert named new commissioner of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation

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Kate Phelon of Westfield tapped as new director of Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce

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...0 Share close Google Buzz Digg Stumble Upon Fark Share Email Print KEPhelon11311.jpg Kate E. Phelon WESTFIELD – The first order of business for newly appointed Chamber of Commerce executive director Kate E. P......t for Humanity. Phelon holds a bachelor degree in accounting and small business management from the University of Massachusetts. “I am very excited about this opportunity to work for and with the Chamber to build upon ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Westfield   Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce

Defense industry jobs are critical to Western Massachusetts economy but often overlooked

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... its gross sales revenues increase 10 percent since early 2009. Since 2001, Berkshire Industries in Westfield has nearly doubled its workforce and increased its sales by just under 300 percent. What these two ......ancial services. One sector that we consistently overlook is defense. But a recent report by the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute finds that the defense sector is one of Massachusetts’ leading generators of eco... (Read Full Article)

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A Matter of Agglomeration

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...ass., clusters have existed in Springfield (gunmakers), Holyoke (paper and textiles manufacturers), Westfield (buggy-whip makers), and other communities, as well as the region as a whole. But while clusters ha......ntly served as managing director of the Mass. Center for renewable Energy Science and Technology at UMass, started in this newly created post in August. He’s spent the past four months familiarizing himse... (Read Full Article)

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Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges

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... companies and institutions of higher learning in 2009, according to a study released Monday by the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute and Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a statewide business lobbying group.......“Defense is what carried me,” said Larry Maier, owner of Peerless Precision Inc., a manufacturer in Westfield. He didn’t lay off any of his 20 employees and barely cut their hours during the recession when pri... (Read Full Article)

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