Archive for July 2023
Greenfield Welcomes Amy Cahillane as Community and Economic Development Director
Former Downtown Northampton Assoc. Executive Director Amy Cahillane will begin as Greenfield’s new Community and Economic Development director today, July 31. She will be replacing MJ Adams, who retired in April. Cahillane graduated from Smith College in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in government. She then earned her juris doctorate in 1999 at Suffolk University…
Read More$56.6M spent by Springfield visitors at MassMutual Center events
Downtown Springfield hosted several major events with hundreds of thousands of people boosting the local economy. In a news release sent to 22News from Jen Bryan at MassMutual Center, the events held in Fiscal Year 2023 (July 2022 through June 2023) brought an economic impact of an estimated $56.6 million to restaurants, bars, hotels, parking…
Read MoreBusinessTalk with Chikmedia’s Meghan Rothschild
Even with a strong background in marketing, Meghan Rothschild had reservations about launching her own business. But once she took the leap in 2013, she had plenty of confidence in her vision for the company: one of fierceness, attitude, and constant learning in the service of helping clients — many of them women business owners…
Read MoreFranklin County Chamber of Commerce brings business community together for “After Hours”
The business community in Franklin County using their time after hours this Wednesday evening to network and discuss the latest in their sector. A large turnout in Bernardston, with more than 200 people attending ‘After Hours’, the monthly event hosted by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. The meet-up took place at the newly reopened…
Read MoreWMDC Executive Director Michael Bolton retires after 36 years of service
Longtime Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation (WMDC) top executive will officially retire at the end of this month. The building of the Westover Municipal Airport, along with fueling the economic success of the surrounding industrial park, are just a few of Michael Bolton’s career highlights. The contributions Bolton has made to the Westover and Chicopee community…
Read MoreGCC Foundation Ensures Students Have Technology They Need to Succeed
Thanks to a generous donor community, the Greenfield Community College (GCC) Foundation is giving $100,000 to the college to ensure all students have access to critical technology to achieve their educational goals. The funds will be used to purchase laptops for GCC’s technology lending library, securing enough of the technology to provide one to any…
Read MoreHealthcare Heroes Nomination Deadline Is Tomorrow
In the spring of 2017, BusinessWest and its sister publication, the Healthcare News, created a new and exciting recognition program called Healthcare Heroes. It was launched with the theory that there are heroes working all across this region’s wide, deep, and all-important healthcare sector, and that there was no shortage of fascinating stories to tell…
Read MoreBay Path University Ranked Third in Nation for Online Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity
Bay Path University has been ranked third in the nation for its online cybersecurity master’s degree program by Fortune magazine, up from last year’s position at number 11. Rankings were determined by a program’s selectivity score, which measures the undergraduate GPAs and years of work experience of its students, along with the program’s acceptance rate.…
Read MoreNational Fund for Workforce Solutions Awards Grants to Five Communities to Adopt Human-Centered Design Approaches to Workforce Services
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions is awarding $1 million to five communities to use Human-Centered Design to improve workforce programs and employment outcomes. The HCD approach requires a mindset that values empathy, avoids jumping to a particular solution, and embraces continuous learning. This investment from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will provide collaboratives…
Read MoreState senate proposes $20 million in funding to help farms impacted by flooding
A historic proposal of relief money was unveiled Monday for farmers impacted by widespread flooding over the past few weeks. State senate leaders are proposing $20 million, the most financial assistance that Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka said she can ever recall to help local farmers who have suffered unfathomable damage in recent weeks. “We…
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