Business Development

Like most other cities and towns, Lee Pouliot says, Chicopee has a housing shortage. It’s evidenced by everything from lengthy waiting lists at apartment complexes and skyrocketing rents to rising prices for single-family homes, said Pouliot, the city’s planner, adding that there are several projects in various stages of development that may bring some relief.…

Feroza Sherzai holds the distinction of being the first Holyoke Community College (HCC) student to apply for a scholarship through the school’s new Scholarship Resource Center. Sherzai arrived at the center on Jan. 31, just as the open house celebrating its grand opening got underway, and sat down at one of the center’s three computer…

Mick Corduff calls it his “research and development time.” It comes early in the year, when things are slower in the hospitality sector. It’s a time to reflect, drill down on what happened the year before, and ramp up the planning for the year ahead. “I look back and measure all that was good and…

Evan Plotkin can look out the windows of his offices on the 14th floor at 1350 Main St. and see many signs of progress, and momentum, in downtown Springfield. Across neighboring Court Square, the renovated hotel at 31 Elm St. that had been vacant and deteriorating for years is getting set to welcome its first…

Before going into some detail about the new co-workspace initiative he’s part of in East Longmeadow, Chris Orszulak first wanted to talk about another project he partnered on in the town next door. Specifically, he referenced restoration of the historic Brewer-Young mansion in the center of Longmeadow and, even more specifically, conversion of its third…

Mental-health awareness is on the rise — partly because more people are willing to talk about it, and that’s a healthy development. But it’s also because the needs in society are greater too, even as we move further away from an isolating pandemic. On the next episode of BusinessTalk, BusinessWest Editor Joe Bednar talks to…

It’s long been a tenet among nonprofits — successful ones, anyway — that they need to think entrepreneurally in order to thrive and grow. To think, in other words, like successful for-profit businesses do, in terms of resource allocation, financial planning, workforce management, and day-to-day operations. And no nonprofit has been more entrepreneurial — and…

The Connecticut Airport Authority is pleased to announce that low-cost carrier Breeze Airways will be launching nonstop seasonal service from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) and Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP). Details for these new routes are as follows: 1. Myrtle Beach: Beginning May 2, will operate on Thursdays and Sundays…

Gabrielle Gould, executive director of the Amherst Business Improvement District (BID) and the Downtown Amherst Foundation (DAF), announced she will be stepping down from her position at the BID to form a consulting business. She will continue in a leadership capacity for the DAF and its management of the Drake, the live performance venue in…

The Connecticut Airport Authority is pleased to announce that low-cost carrier Breeze Airways will be launching nonstop summer seasonal service between Bradley International Airport (BDL) and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The flight will operate on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays starting May 2. Additionally, Breeze will offer daily summer seasonal service between BDL and San…