Thunderbirds sign new lease agreement, will stay at MassMutual Center
The Springfield Thunderbirds will continue to make the MassMutual Center their home ice after signing a new lease agreement. The Springfield Thunderbirds and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority announced the agreement on Thursday. The team signed on for the next four years with the option of a one-year extension. Read the source article at WWLP…
West Springfield Institutes Townwide Mask Mandate as Big E Begins – BusinessWest
The West Springfield Board of Health instituted a mask mandate for the city starting Friday morning — the same day the Big E opens its 17-day fair, the Republican reported. The mandate requires face coverings in all indoor public places, as well as private places open to the public, regardless of vaccination status, for those…
Questions Persist About Labor Market and When Things Might Turn Around – BusinessWest
For months now, business owners and elected officials have pinned the region’s mounting labor woes and all those ‘help wanted’ signs on too-generous federal unemployment assistance. Now that those benefits have expired for more than 3 million Americans, we’ll soon find out just how much of a factor those benefits were. Many involved in economic…
Neal, EPA administrator to announce water infrastructure funding
The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission will announce major funding for infrastructure renewal Thursday. EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox and Congressman Richard Neal will join local officials to announce $500 million in funding for Springfield’s water investment program. The funding comes from the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. That program is meant to help…
Enterprise Holdings Foundation Awards More Than $12,000 to Square One
The Enterprise Holdings Foundation donated $12,143 to Square One in support of its Campaign for Healthy Kids. The contribution is a piece of the Enterprise Holdings ROAD Forward commitment to allocate $35 million to more than 70 global Enterprise operating teams to drive local impact as part of its broader commitment to donate $55 million…
PeoplesBank Recognized in Reader’s Choice Survey
Thousands of voters chimed in recently for the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Readers’ Choice consumer polls, and PeoplesBank was named a winner in several categories, including Best Local Bank, Best Local Online Banking, Best Mortgage/Home Loan Provider, Best Green Business, and Best Place to Work. “PeoplesBank is proud to play a role in making this a…
More than 90 percent of Massachusetts ARPA money not allocated | WWLP
As of July 31, when Beacon Hill broke for the summer recess from which it is now emerging, Massachusetts had allocated a little more than $194 million of the $5.3 billion in federal money the state received in May with another $186 million planned to be implemented by January, according to a state report. Read…
Urban League of Springfield graduates 15 businesses
The Urban League of Springfield is celebrating the graduation of 15 businesses that have gone through a six-week entrepreneur boot camp. They’ve teamed up with Babson College to promote black-owned businesses that the Urban League said needs more support. Read the source article at WWLP 22 News Springfield
SBA’s National Small Business Week and Virtual Summit is this week
that SBA’s National Small Business Week and Virtual Summit is this week. Your members can still register for sessions of this three-day, free, online conference; this opportunity is suitable not just for business organizations, but also for individual small businesses. Businesses can expect educational webinars, updates on resources for small businesses, and a networking chat…
Springfield College Ranked in Top Tier of U.S. News Regional Rankings
Springfield College continues to excel at offering its students a strong return on their academic investment. For the seventh consecutive year, the college is ranked in the top 30 in the Best Regional Universities – North Region category in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” report. Also, the college is ranked 16th…
Northampton Jazz Festival Returns the First Weekend in October
The Northampton Jazz Festival will kick off on Friday, Oct. 1 with a Jazz Strut in downtown Northampton, and free performances are scheduled that first weekend of October in the event’s return after a pandemic-year hiatus. The headliner for this year’s event is the Art Blakey Centennial Celebration, performing at the Academy of Music on…
Hazen Holography Brings Basketball Hall of Fame Dome to Life
HOLYOKE — The cover of the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony yearbook appears electrified, the projection-LED-illuminated nine-story dome lit three-dimensionally on the page. To distinguish its ninth time producing the yearbook cover, Hazen Paper Co. used custom holography to illuminate the iconic symbol of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Read the…