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Home & Garden Show Marks 65 Years of Making Connections – BusinessWest
The Western Massachusetts Home & Garden Show may last only four days each March, but Lori Loughlin says vendors reap the benefits all year long. “The exposure at the show is tremendous,” said Loughlin, manager of Frank Webb Home in Springfield. “It pays for itself within the first week after the show closes. In May,…
Read MoreEast Windsor anticipates $8.5 million a year from Tribal Winds casino – masslive.com
The Mohegans and Mashantucket Pequots are ready to start construction of their Tribal Winds casino now that the Department of the Interior has given a final OK to the expansion of tribal gaming. Now it’s up to the small town where the $300 million to $400 million casino would be built to react and to…
Read MoreGirls Inc. of Holyoke unveils its new name
Girls Inc. is of Holyoke has been working with young women in Western Massachusetts for many years, so the organization felt it was time to match its name to its reach. From now on Girls Inc. of Holyoke will be known as Girls Inc. of the Valley. “Not everyone realizes that we serve girls from…
Read MoreBay Path to Host Free Workshop to Teach Women How to Be Their Own Salary Advocate
Attaining a college or graduate degree is only the beginning of the road to success, and when it comes to salary, women often fall behind before they even start. Women, and especially women of color, generally earn 20% less than their male counterparts who have the same degree and same years of experience, and stand…
Read MoreEric Lesser Wants to Close the Distance Between East and West – BusinessWest
Since first elected to office five years ago, state Sen. Eric Lesser has made economic development and, more specifically, closing the wide gap in prosperity between the eastern and western areas of the state his top priority. While he’s most closely linked to high-speed rail, he’s put his name — and energy — behind a…
Read MoreDeerfield Balances Old, New Ways of Thinking – BusinessWest
Deerfield boasts numerous draws for businesses looking to relocate, Diana Schindler says, from its reasonable property-tax rate to its proximity to Interstate 91, Route 116, and Routes 5 and 10. But there’s also been some pushback against some of those businesses, which reared its head when residents recently spoke out against a proposed Dollar General…
Read MoreBig Y Springfield distribution expansion gets $4M local tax incentive
The state gave its approval to an eight-year local property tax incentive to Big Y Foods for the expansion of its distribution center on Roosevelt Avenue. The incentive, already approved by the city of Springfield, has a value of about $4.2 million, according to a Office of Housing & Economic Development news release issued Wednesday.…
Read MoreYouthWorks Program Seeks Employers to Participate in Summer-jobs Program
The MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board will hold a press conference on Friday, April 5 to launch its 2019 YouthWorks summer-jobs campaign. The event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Reed Institute, located at 152 Notre Dame St., Westfield. The agency’s goal is to place up to 800 youth in summer jobs. Westfield…
Read MoreDeveloper plans 130-room hotel, rock-climbing and skydiving center at former Springfield jail
Pioneer Valley Hotel Group had been eyeing the former York Street Jail site in the city’s waterfront for years, President Shardool Parmar said Tuesday, but the three-acre site was being used as a staging area for nearby construction projects. Now that the supplies and equipment are gone, Parmar’s company is in negotiations with the Springfield…
Read More$400M in new Springfield development outlined, including downtown hotel and retail projects
The city is home to more than $4 billion worth of construction projects either completed or in planning — both public and private — since the June 2011 tornado. That number, revealed Tuesday afternoon by Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy at his annual economic development presentation, includes $400.4 million in new projects announced since March…
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