Archive for March 2020
People in Business: Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity (GSHFH) announced the promotion of Aimee Giroux to Executive Director.
Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity (GSHFH) announced the promotion of Aimee Giroux to Executive Director. Aimee will be responsible for overseeing the affiliate’s programs, staffing, and execution of its strategic plan. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreCoronavirus response: Massachusetts launches $10 million recovery loan fund for small businesses
Massachusetts will launch a $10 million fund that will offer loans to small businesses affected by the fallout of the coronavirus, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday afternoon. The loan fund would offer eligible small businesses up to $75,000 with no payments for the first six months. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreCoronavirus response: state offering unemployment benefits to workers quarantined, sidelined by COVID-19
The state will offer emergency unemployment benefits to workers quarantined, sidelined or acting as caretakers for sick loved ones amid the cornonavirus pandemic, which has effectively brought many aspects of daily life to a grinding halt. State officials announced proposals to waive the one-week waiting period for benefits to allow new claims to be paid…
Read MoreKevin Day Begins a New Phase as President of Florence Bank
In some ways, Kevin Day is no stranger to running Florence Bank — he was already overseeing about 90% of its departments as executive vice president, a series of responsibilities he gradually took on after coming aboard as CFO in 2008. So he was a natural choice to succeed John Heaps Jr., who recently stepped…
Read MoreBusinesses Deal with Growing Impact of Coronavirus – BusinessWest
It was becoming clear weeks ago that the novel coronavirus would have some sort of economic impact once it washed ashore in the U.S. — but it’s still not clear, and perhaps won’t be for some time, how severe and wide-ranging the damage could be, as people cancel travel plans, curtail business operations, shut down…
Read MoreVerizon will help customers and small businesses disrupted by impact of coronavirus | About Verizon
During this unprecedented period challenging the world’s health and economy, Verizon announced today, for the next 60 days, it will waive late fees that any residential or small business customers incur because of their economic circumstances related to the coronavirus. In addition, the company will not terminate service to any residential or small business customers…
Read MoreRetired Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Director Timothy Brennan, ‘face and voice for the region,’ dies
Timothy W. Brennan, who was executive director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission from 1980 until his retirement last year, has died. He was 73 and died Thursday after what was described as a brief illness, according to a news release from commission spokesman Patrick B. Beaudry. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MorePilot Precision Products Welcomes New Business-development Professional
Pilot Precision Products, the parent company of duMONT Minute Man Industrial Broaches and Hassay Savage broaching tools, and the exclusive American distributor of Magafor and GMauvaisUSATM products, announced that Marco Morgado has joined the team in the role of the director of National Business Development. “We’re very excited to welcome Marco to his new and…
Read MoreBehavioral Health Network Receives $15,000 Grant From Country Bank
Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) has been awarded a $15,000 grant from Country Bank, which will fund direct services for BHN’s domestic-violence programs in Ware. Country Bank’s grant to BHN will be used for innovative support and advocacy services for domestic-violence survivors, which includes partnering with Country Bank employees in offering the economic-freedom initiative known…
Read MoreSpringfield libraries get $90,000 grant to promote, assist residents completing 2020 census – masslive.com
The city library system, aided by a new $90,000 state grant, is preparing to act as a “census service center” here to promote and help residents with filling out the 2020 federal census. “The whole point is to get as many people to sign on and to get their census done,” said Molly Fogarty, director…
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