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The state is awarding grants designed to enhance rail and freight access, economic opportunity, and job growth. Seven grants totaling over $3 million from the Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP) are going to freight rail-supported businesses across the state including in Palmer and Wilbraham. Read the source article at WWLP 22 News Springfield

Time is running out to submit a nomination for a Super 60 award. The Springfield Regional Chamber’s Super 60 Awards honor the success of the fastest-growing privately owned businesses in the region. Businesses can nominate themselves and others to receive an award for their percentage of revenue growth over a three-year period or for total…

The Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) is pleased to announce that Breeze Airways has launched new, nonstop service to Las Vegas, Nevada today. The inaugural flight from Bradley International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) departed this morning. To commemorate the new flight, Breeze is offering a special sale fare to Las Vegas, from just…

Springfield Community WORKS and the Western Mass Economic Development council were awarded a community empowerment grant back in February of this year. Joining us today is Shawntsi Baret, workforce development consultant for Springfield WORKS and Anne Kandilis, director of Springfield Works, to share with us where they found that this aid is most needed and…

The Springfield Public Schools (SPS) is to receive $650,000 to provide students with successful futures. The “Portrait of a Graduate” (POG) started three years ago to transform the school. The Barr Foundation’s Portrait of a Graduate cohort was launched in 2019 following a request for proposals. Interested communities were identified to build a community-driven Portrait…

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts has granted the city nearly $200,000 after the cost of infrastructure work at their new headquarters on East Main Street ended up being higher than estimated.Officials cut a check for $199,000 to the city in August to pay for the increased costs of the work to do things such…

The city of Greenfield has been awarded nearly $1 million through a federal grant to help construct a new fire station for the Greenfield Fire Department. A total of $987,000 was awarded from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the city to build a new fire station. The money will also be used for emergency…

BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien has a lively discussion with Mark Rivers, event producer for Hooplandia, the giant 3-on-3 basketball tournament coming to the region next summer. The two talk about how this concept came together, how it survived three years of cancellations and delays due to COVID, and why this tournament, a production, led by the…

The oldest craft fair in Western Mass., the Mattoon Street Art Festival, will take place Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Throughout the festival, patrons will be able to purchase from local artisans from throughout the Pioneer Valley. More than 100 vendors…