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RFR-Technical Assistance for Small Businesses
Summary of Request for Response: Technical Assistance for Small Businesses With the express purpose of ensuring that Massachusetts companies continue to be successful in the Expanded Gaming Industry, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission recently opened a procurement process to provide targeted, intensive, one on one consulting expertise to small and medium-sized Massachusetts-based companies who are current…
Read MoreWahlburgers begins construction of restaurant at MGM Springfield
Equipment is in place to begin building the long-expected Wahlburgers restaurant at MGM Springfield, on a cleared lot at the corner of Main and Union streets. Wahlburgers is owned by the Dorchester-bred Wahlberg family, including lead chef Paul Wahlberg and his brothers, actors Mark Wahlberg — “Ted” and “Lone Survivor” — and Donnie of Wahlberg…
Read MoreUnsold at auction, landmark downtown Springfield buildings go on market; asking price totals $5M
Freedom Credit Union has listed for sale the three downtown Springfield office buildings it took back in November in a mortgage foreclosure. The combined asking price for the properties is $5 million. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreGCC, Double Edge Theatre to Grow Performing Arts in Franklin County
This spring, Greenfield Community College (GCC) and Double Edge Theatre will embark on a formal collaboration to grow the role of visual and performing arts within the college and Franklin County. Kicking off with an experimental-performance class taught by Double Edge at GCC next semester, this partnership will evolve into a multi-year endeavor to engage…
Read MoreNorth Adams Vision Plan Offers Optimistic View – BusinessWest
Seven priorities, 43 goals, 95 policies, and 355 actions. This tall list makes up the master plan for the city of North Adams. The Vision 2030 Plan was launched in 2011, and just this year, Mayor Thomas Bernard and cohorts revisited the plan to check up on the progress made to date. “We had a…
Read MoreBroker Says Boston’s Challenges Can Become Springfield’s Opportunities – BusinessWest
Evan Plotkin was talking about how “something has to give.” With that one phrase, he was talking about the commercial real-estate markets in the central business districts of Boston and Springfield. In the Hub, said Plotkin, president of NAI Plotkin, rents are sky-high and continue to climb — to more than $100 per square foot…
Read MoreHowdy Awards Program Calls for Nominations
Through March 1, the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau (GSCVB) is providing an opportunity to thank individuals who provide great service by nominating them for a Howdy Award for Hospitality Excellence. To nominate someone, visit explorewesternmass.com and click on the Howdy logo. For 25 years, the Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence program has recognized…
Read MoreThe Republican office building for sale, lease
The Republican has put up signs to draw attention to the availability of its office building at 1860 Main Street for lease or sale. Its large adjoining production facility, where The Republican and dozens of other publications are printed, is not for sale.“For many years we have had more office space than we need,” said…
Read MoreHolyoke’s Gateway City Arts offers space to create but founders now look to build crowds
Gateway City Arts has office cubicles in a coworking space, table saws in its woodshop where folks can buy memberships, a deli that turns into a taco restaurant, drag-queen bingo, resident puppet makers and a capacity-500 concert hall that regularly attracts acts like Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and 90′s jam-rockers Rusted Root. Read the…
Read MoreSpringfield Regional Chamber plans event on how to launch a cannabis business, and how to manage a workforce in the age of legal marijuana
As the cannabis industry in Massachusetts matures, entrepreneurs and other people in business still have plenty of questions, from how to start a marijuana business to how to hire and manage a workforce in the age of the drug’s legal, recreational use. The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce plans to answer those questions with a…
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