Lt. Gov. joins Western Mass Economics Development Council annual meeting
Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll was in Holyoke Thursday for the Western Mass Economic Development Council’s annual membership meeting. Senator Gomez was at this meeting along with other local stakeholders to help drive conversations about how to allocate funds and resources to help businesses flourish here in western Massachusetts. Gomez says that right now cities and…
BusinessTalk with executive director of the Northampton Downtown Assoc., Jillian Duclos
Downtown Northampton has long been a neighborhood in flux — from its renaissance in the 1990s to its reputation as a trendsetter and tourism draw; from its resilience during the pandemic to the construction and road redesign beginning next year. As executive director of the Northampton Downtown Assoc., Jillian Duclos leads a nonprofit organization dedicated…
BusinessTalk with FCCDC Executive Director John Waite and Communications Director Kate Lawless
Franklin County Community Development Corp. (FCCDC) boasts a long history of stimulating the region’s economy in myriad ways, in particular providing business-development education, access to capital, and commercial office and manufacturing space, and it has done so through a robust array of programs. On the next episode of BusinessTalk, BusinessWest Editor Joe Bednar talks with…
UMass Food Science Ice-cream Product Development Competition Slated for May 7
UMass Amherst’s Department of Food Science and Herrell’s Ice Cream announced that this year’s annual Ice Cream Product Development Competition will be held on Tuesday, May 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Furcolo Hall, Room 125 at 813 North Pleasant St., Amherst. “The first 100 students to arrive will have the opportunity to try…
Congressman Richard Neal to announce grant funding for AIC
Congressman Richard Neal, Mayor Domenic Sarno, and Interim President of American International College are set to make an announcement on Monday about the Center for Financial Literacy. This announcement is set to discuss the federal funding granted to create the Center for Financial Literacy and Economic prosperity. Read complete article at Westernmassnews.com
Elms College’s MSN Program Ranked Fourth in the U.S. by Forbes Advisor
The master of science in nursing (MSN) program at Elms College has been ranked the fourth-best MSN program in the U.S. by Forbes Advisor. Forbes Advisor is part of the Forbes organization and dedicated to helping consumers make the best financial choices. A portion of its editorial content includes the ranking of higher-education institutions and…
Report Calls for ‘Transformative Investments’ in Key Sectors in Western Mass.
The surprise was food science. At least, that industry’s prominent place on a recent report outlining economic potential in Western Mass. was a mild surprise to some, Rick Sullivan said, but maybe it shouldn’t have been. The report in question — commissioned and funded by the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council (EDC) and produced by…
Amherst In a Constant State of Change
After relocating to Belchertown a few years ago, Jacob Robinson found himself a frequent visitor to nearby Amherst and admits to falling in love with its downtown — as many do. He confided to BusinessWest that, on more than one occasion, while walking along South Pleasant Street and passing the building that houses the town’s…
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…