Our team at the Community Foundation believes that building authentic bridges to communities that may not have traditionally been served by our funding or programming is essential for our work.
In order to get the most from the billions of dollars we commit to operating commuter rail along these right-of-ways, it's critical to think about what mix of policies could spur reinvestment in these older urban areas.
We are thrilled to say that we did not have to look further than our own campus to locate the individual who provides both the continuity and the vision to lead the college into the future.
We have had a lot of interest from breweries that would love to come to West Springfield and just haven't been able to find a location the way the zoning is right now, so this would really open it up.
This amendment targets breweries and places for indoor recreation specifically because they're known to become destinations that draw people from a wide radius, and thus are great for local economic development.
As President (Jonathan) Lash has said, private institutions joining together sends a message of the importance of taking responsibility for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from our operations, and demonstrates to our students how we choose to live.
