Grand re-opening of Bergen Circle in Springfield
The Bergen Circle apartments on Girard Avenue in Springfield celebrated its renovation completion at the 201-unit housing community on Wednesday. According to the City of Springfield, Mayor Domenic Sarno announced three years ago that the complex has dealt with many different problems and that it was time for a change. MassHousing closed on $21.2 million…
Greenfield Builds Momentum on Many Fronts
Virginia “Ginny” Desorgher is a retired emergency-room nurse, mother of three, and grandmother of nine. She had no real desire to add ‘mayor of Greenfield’ to that personal profile, but Desorgher, a transplant from the eastern part of the state and, by this time last year, a veteran city councilor and chair of the Ways…
UMass Aeronautics wins 1st place in design competition in Kansas
The UMass Aeronautics placed 1st in New England during a Design, Build and Fly event last weekend. The team drove over 24 hours to Wichita, Kansas to compete at this year’s Design Build Fly competition The team spent months designing and building a carbon fiber remote control plane to carry out missions, like taking off…
The Economic Impact of Higher Education in Massachusetts
Please join MTF for our upcoming webinar: The Economic Impact of Higher Education in Massachusetts. The event is on Wednesday, April 25th at 10am. The event will feature brief presentations examining how demographics will shape the future of higher education and assess the sector’s unique role in the state’s economy. Presentations will be followed by…
LightHouse Holyoke to purchase Gateway City Arts
After nearly 12 years in the City of Holyoke, Gateway City Arts announced LightHouse Holyoke has agreed to purchase the complex. Gateway City Arts, a three-building arts complex located at 92 Race Street in Holyoke, opened in 2012 and provided a venue for events theatre, concerts, a restaurant, and an art gallery. Last year, the…
Falcon Landing Wins Approvals for Warehouse, Distribution Facility
Taking Flight In a location that once thrived as part of a computer manufacturing facility for Digital Equipment Corp., a joint-venture development team of Winstanley Enterprises LLC and NorthPoint Development is moving forward with approved plans to build a general warehouse and distribution facility. The recently obtained state and local approvals for the sought-after location…
MassDOT and Springfield DPW Announce Major Traffic Alert for Intersection of St. James Ave & Tapley Street
Construction Work to Begin April 8, 2024 The City of Springfield Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is in the process of reconstructing the St. James Avenue and Tapley Street Intersection into a roundabout. As a result of the construction, traffic will be impacted. Beginning the week…
What is the Cliff Effect and how it affects low income households in western Massachusetts
Several western Massachusetts organizations gathered Tuesday at the State House for a briefing to bring attention to the Cliff Effect, which largely affects low income households. The Cliff Effect happens when an individual who relies on public assistance receives a slight increase in their salary, and they get pushed over the cliff to disqualify them…
CitySpace Invites Artists to Apply for Free Venue Access to Rehearse, Perform
CitySpace announced the launch of its 2024 Pay It Forward program, aimed at supporting artists and organizations across Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties. This initiative provides free access to CitySpace’s Blue Room, a performance and incubator space situated in Easthampton’s historic Old Town Hall. Interested applicants can submit their proposals at cityspaceeasthampton.org/pif through May 6.…
Palmer Aims to Expand on Rich Rail History
Palmer is known to many as the Town of Seven Railroads, a nod to a very rich history as a transit center. Indeed, several passenger and freight rail lines ran though the community at one time, most notably the Boston & Albany, which ran east-west between the two cities, and the Central Vermont, which ran…
Clean Crop Technologies Is Changing the Greentech Landscape
Dan White calls it “turning back the clock on decomposition of food and seeds.” That’s how he chose to describe the technology created by Clean Crop Technologies, a Holyoke-based company that has become one of the foundations of that city’s emerging cleantech and greentech sector and one of the more intriguing regional entrepreneurial success stories…
Finalists announced for the 2024 best hospitality in western Massachusetts
The Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau (GSCVB) has announced the 72 finalists for the 2024 Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence. The Howdy Awards was established by GSCVB in 1996 to recognize front-line employees in the hospitality industry. The 72 finalists are from throughout western Massachusetts and were selected from businesses, organizations and activities in…