Archive for March 2021
Second Chance Home Care Opens Its Doors
Second Chance Home Care, located at 200 North Main St., Suite 4 South, East Longmeadow — a non-medical home-care agency that serves the elderly, special-needs, and autism population — held a grand-opening ceremony on March 18. Town Manager Mary McNally was in attendance to cut the ribbon and welcome Veronica Anderson, director of Second Chance…
Read MoreWest Springfield Drive-In to Open April 23 on Big E Fairgrounds
West Springfield Drive-In, in partnership with Eastern States Exposition, will open on Friday, April 23 on the Big E Fairgrounds. The drive-in will feature two 45’ by 60’ screens and be able to accommodate 300 cars each, in a safe and socially distant family experience. The drive-in, to be located in the Gate 9 parking…
Read MoreNext Generation Manufacturer Newsletter
Insights into what’s happening in manufacturing in Massachusetts. Best practices, success stories, and trends from manufacturing organizations that are growing and improving the economy. Share with us what you’d like to hear about in these issues. – Kristy Grignon, Editor, kristyg@massmep.org or 508-831-7020. Read the source article at massmac.org
Read MoreSpringfield College Organizations Donate Fire-safety Kits, Incentive Kits to Schools
The Springfield College Center for Service and Leadership and the Humanics in Action Club recently delivered more than 200 fire-safety kits to Rebecca M. Johnson Elementary School, and 100 incentive kits to both Elias Brookings Elementary School and William N. DeBerry Elementary School. The fire-safety kits include washcloths, emergency whistles, water bottles, granola bars, a…
Read MoreCooley Dickinson Hospital Receives $30,000 Gift to Support Childbirth Center
Cooley Dickinson Hospital received a $30,000 gift from Thomson Financial Management to support the Childbirth Center project, which, when completed, will offer expanded services in a newly renovated space that includes an upgraded nursery, birthing tubs, and more home-like surroundings for moms and babies. Read the source article at BusinessWest
Read MoreSecure Energy-An Inside Look at Energy Efficiency
Join us for this interactive discussion on energy in our five-town footprint. You will hear ways to increase efficiency for your business, what current rebate offers are available, and real incentives which will impact the bottom line of your business. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. The facilitators from Secure Energy are experts…
Read MoreWhen Will Employees Come Back to the Office? And Should They? – BusinessWest
Most of Big Y’s 11,000 employees — those who stock shelves, prepare food, work the cashier lines, and do any number of other tasks — must do their jobs on site, in a specific location. But at Big Y’s 300-employee-strong customer-support center in Springfield, which supports those frontline workers, about 70% of them have worked…
Read MoreBusinessTalk with Mark Melnik
BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien talks with Mark Melnik, director of economic and public policy research at the UMass Donahue Institute in Amherst. The two have a lively discussion about everything from recent data on how many people are leaving the state — and why — to the ongoing economic recovery, the shape it will take, and…
Read MoreState Senate Passes COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave – BusinessWest
Ten weeks after Senate President Karen Spilka promised swift action on COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave, the Massachusetts State Senate passed a comprehensive bill that would guarantee five paid days off for every employee in the Commonwealth. The bill also seeks to stabilize the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund, provides tax relief to businesses…
Read MoreNapatree Capital Brings ‘Value Investing’ to Western Mass. – BusinessWest
In a co-working office space at the historic Brewer-Young mansion, Jeff Liguori and Matt Landon help people build their financial futures. Liguori, founder and chief investment officer of Napatree Capital in Providence, R.I., relocated to Western Mass. in 2015 and began to sense increasing demand for his firm’s services in this area. Read the source…
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