Archive for May 2018
Springfield Business Improvement District’s architectural lighting program shines spotlight on best of downtown (photos)
The Springfield Business Improvement District’s architectural lighting program is highlighting the best of downtown, and making the evenings a little brighter. The program, in partnership with DevelopSpringfield, is designed to assist property owners located within the Springfield Business Improvement District. According to the BID, the three goals of the Architectural Lighting Program are: To highlight…
Read MoreChicopee students receive job training in Westover Job Corps partnership
In her senior year of high school, Nalaysha Dykes was pondering a career in nursing but she wasn’t sure if working in the medical field was something she would like. Meanwhile, Gino Guiel is certain he wants to be a professional chef but wasn’t sure how he would go about getting the training he needed.…
Read MorePeople On the Move
The Springfield Regional Chamber has named Ellen Freyman, an attorney with Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. in Springfield, its 2018 Richard J. Moriarty Citizen of the Year. Freyman concentrates her practice in all aspects of commercial real estate: acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, and financing. She has an extensive land-use practice that includes zoning, subdivision,…
Read MoreSeen@ Paradise City Arts Festival at Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton
When Alan Bennett was five years old, he caught a bluegill. As the story goes, he thought the fish was beautiful so he kept it in his pocket where his mother found it several days later when she did the laundry. Fast forward, many years later, to the Paradise City Arts Festival at the Three…
Read MoreSavage Arms in Westfield for sale in corporate restructuring
Savage Arms is for sale as part of a corporate restructuring that’ll see parent Vista Outdoor get out of gunmaking and focus on ammunition, hydration bottles and packs and outdoor cooking products. With 367 workers at its factory on Springdale Road, Savage is one of Westfield’s largest private employers. Vista said it plans to complete its sale…
Read MoreMGM Springfield, PVTA: ‘The Loop’ bus service to connect city attractions, businesses
MGM Springfield officials promised Friday that the casino’s new free bus service, called “The Loop,” will bring visitors to the doors of Springfield stalwarts like the Armory, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Springfield Museums and Union Station. The casino and the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority unveiled the service Friday to members of the…
Read MoreNorthampton Energized by Its Lively Downtown
Northampton’s downtown, Amy Cahillane says, is nothing if not eclectic. “We have a great mix of businesses,” said the director of the Downtown Northampton Assoc., a two-year-old organization dedicated to boosting vibrancy in the city’s center. “We have a lot of different clothing stores, coffee shops, restaurants and bars — there’s a lot of room…
Read MoreSenate passes amendment approving Pittsfield-Springfield-Boston rail study
The state Senate unanimously adopted an amendment on Thursday requiring the state Department of Transportation to conduct a study of high-speed rail between Boston and Springfield, this time with an extension to Pittsfield. “We owe it to all four counties to make sure the entire four-county region of Western Mass. is included in the analysis,”…
Read MoreStarbucks at Springfield’s Monarch Place opens next week; will donate proceeds toward Forest Park zoo African cat exhibit
The new Starbucks in Monarch Place opens at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30, building owner Paul Picknelly said Thursday. Workers were training this week in the new downtown store at the corner of Main Street and Boland Way. The coffee shop will donate all proceeds from its first week of business to The Zoo in Forest…
Read MoreMGM Springfield reports continued success in diversity hiring
MGM Springfield, preparing to open its casino on Aug. 24, presented its latest quarterly report on Thursday, including statistics showing that it continues to exceed its goals for diversity hiring and contracting for the $960 million construction project. The report, for the three months ending March 31, was shared with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during a…
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