Quotes

1. “ Are you willing to pay more for transportation if guaranteed that the money stays in the region? ”

   In PVTA, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission push for dedicated regional tranportation funding source

2. “ The capital projects backlog is expanding and currently lists 151 projects region-wide. ”

   In Pioneer Valley officials lobby state for transportation, highway funds

3. “ More revenue is needed in the system. ”

   In Pioneer Valley officials lobby state for transportation, highway funds

4. “ A lot of people in Holyoke need jobs, so what kind of strategy could we use to create them? What things can we do to deal with that? ”

   In Programming the Future

5. “ There's a lot of interesting, exciting things going on in the Valley. ”

   In In tight economy, Pioneer Valley experts look to fire up regional job engines

6. “ We have a regional loan pool of funds for projects around the Valley that are seeking to do cleanup. ”

   In Springfield's Union Station project 1 of 3 locally to win federal 'brownfields' grant

7. “ We need to be competitive with people driving their own car. ”

   In Railroad project between Springfield and New Haven receives $30 million in federal funding

8. “ Western Massachusetts did very well with this program. ”

   In Hartford Springfield Economic Partnership gets $4.2 million to boost Knowledge Corridor | masslive.com

9. “ The first thing they do is look at the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and see if this is a project that fits in with that strategy. ”

   In Pioneer Valley Planning Commission report shows $1.3 billion in ongoing construction in region

10. “ We're now one of the public organizations that calls Springfield home. ”

    In The Pioneer Valley Planning commission moves into new offices at 60 Congress St. in Springfield