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An Intriguing Plan for the Riverfront

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Paul McDonald is right. The various groups working to develop the old Basketball Hall of Fame building can’t simply put something there and then hope it works.

"We have to make sure this dog will hunt,î said McDonald, chairman of the Springfield Riverfront Development Corp. (SRDC), as he referred to an intriguing plan to locate a public market at the old Hall, along with office space, a restaurant, and an IMAX theater.

The proposal, pieced together by the Springfield Business Development Corp. (SBDC), was the favored submittal from among a handful of entries generated in response to a request for proposals for the site. The short list of responses resulted in part from the limitations presented by the old Hall. The building was built for a specific use, and won’t be easily converted for something else. The best option — and the one that might make the most sense economically — may be to tear it down and give developers a blank canvas with which to work.

For now, though, SRDC officials want to work within the framework of the old Hall — literally. They believe the public market concept has potential, and so do we.

A public market is the type of feel-good initiative that people hear about and almost immediately think, ëthat’s a great idea.’ And it is. A public market is an appealing venture — one that holds vast potential for area farms and food producers, and consumers as well. The question isn’t whether this is a neat concept, but whether it is economically viable. And at this point, we’re not sure. Several recent studies of the public market concept have said that it could work in Springfield — if a number of things go right.

There would have to be a good deal of support from a number of constituencies to make a public market successful in Springfield. These include local residents, including the many ethnic groups that, as SBDC president Michael Graney points out, are familiar with the public market concept and are comfortable in such an environment. The list also includes residents of the surrounding area, from Hartford to Northampton, as well as tourists and commuters.

The old Hall does have one thing going for it — location. Situated just off Interstate 91, it is easily accessible, and the recent improvements by the Commonwealth to this stretch of interstate will make it even more so.

The public market proposed for the old Hall is modeled, in many ways, after a similar facility in Portland, Me. That market was built largely through the generosity of late philanthropist Elizabeth Noyce, who was dedicated to rejuvinating a struggling neighborhood in Portland, and wrote a blank check for the public market as part of that effort. Springfield won’t be as fortunate. It will have to build its public market with a mix of foundation grants, some public money, and traditional bank financing — and this is where the other components of the project come into play.

Indeed, because a public market is not a highly profitable venture, the other businesses involved in this initiative must be, and we see some strong potential in what has been proposed.

The office component appears to be a logical fit. The site’s ample free parking should make it attractive to a wide range of businesses that would like to be in Springfield, but don’t have to be downtown and don’t want to deal with the parking challenges there.

Meanwhile, another restaurant on the riverfront would give both Hall of Fame visitors and area residents additional choices, and would help create a critical mass of visitors necessary for all of the various components of the riverfront complex to succeed.

As for the IMAX theater, like the public market and the office space, it would appear to make sense. Such facilities seem to work when they are in close proximity to family-oriented attractions such as Six Flags — or a sports shrine. And an IMAX would give the riverfront another attraction to lure families from across the Valley — and across the Northeast.

Worcester learned a critical lesson from the failure of its common outlets; something that looks good on paper doesn’t always work. Springfield must avoid making the same mistake on its riverfront. A public market is an exciting, intriguing concept. But will it work? The SRDC must try to answer that question before proceeding.

Developments of Note

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With the retirement of founder and artistic director Richard Rescia, the Florence-based Commonwealth Opera is entering a new era. Its leadership team, comprised of Artistic Director Alan Schneider and Executive Director Kara Noble, has ambitious goals to bring opera to new and wider audiences, and thus create new opportunities for the institution as it approaches its 30th birthday.

Kara Noble says many people have preconceived notions about opera — assumptions that often keep them from experiencing something wonderful.

"They have it in their head that ëthis is what opera is,’ but they don’t really know what it’s about,î she told BusinessWest. "When they come to opera and actually see it, they are absolutely blown away by the real experience — by the pageantry, the theater, the acting, the music, and simply by how much fun it is.î

Bringing this experience, which blends music and theater, to new and wider audiences is one of Noble’s primary goals as she takes a leadership role with the Florence-based Commonwealth Opera (CWO). She and recently named artistic director Alan Schneider, who succeeds founder Richard Rescia, will usher the 28-year-old regional opera company into a new era.

They plan to build on the solid foundation laid by Rescia and an active board of directors and expand the company’s reach — and its horizons.

"The company is in a very exciting place right now,î said Noble. "It’s really starting to grow, and it has chances to develop new audiences, new partnerships with area organizations, and to re-enliven an already rich cultural community.î

Schneider, a tenor who has sung in five of the CWO’s productions and with a number of other companies as well, agreed.

"This is an exciting time for the Commonwealth Opera,î he said. "We want to take full advantage of the opportunities in front of us, and make this company more visible and relevant.î

As they talked about their plans for the CWO, both Schneider and Noble drew many comparisons to the business world. Managing an opera is much like directing an actual business, they said. It requires both short- and long-range planning, a focus on continued growth, good customer service, effective marketing — and new product development, which, in the case of an opera company, is an intriguing assignment.

"What we’ve been presenting up to this point has been the classical repertoire, both in terms of what we choose for an opera — things that are well-established and have been performed for centuries in many cases — and for our musical theater component, where we lean toward the popular shows,î said Noble. "We would like to open up opportunities to have some new productions; a lot of people don’t realize that new opera is being composed right now.

"We’d like to have some opportunities to present some of the newer works, and even to commission artists to write works expressly for us,î she continued. "We’ve done some of this, and we’d like to do much more.î

Tenor of the Conversation

Schneider told BusinessWest that an opera company is much like a business — a successful one, at least — in that its managers must keep one eye on today and the other on tomorrow.

Indeed, while he is busy with details of the two upcoming performances of Bizet’s classic Carmen (Nov. 19 and 21 at the Fine Arts Center at UMass), Schneider is already planning for what will be the CWO’s 30th season next fall — and well beyond.

The Barber of Seville has been scheduled as the opera for that anniversary season, he said, while Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte is on tap for 2006 to mark the composer’s 250th birthday. Such a long-range focus is necessary, he said, because top opera singers are booked years in advance and it takes several months of planning to pull together the myriad details and subtle nuances that make a performance successful.

"You have to be a visionary and look well down the road and make sure you have all the resources you need for a performance; you need to choose the works to be done four or five years out, and then focus on how you’re going to do them,î said Schneider, adding that it was the opportunity to become involved in all aspects of operatic production — and to flex his creative muscles — that drew him to the CWO. Like Noble, he brings a diverse resume to the opera company.

A native of Westfield, Schneider later relocated to Conway. He studied music and theater at UMass, in the early ë90s, and became versed in set design, costume, and lighting, talents that helped him emerge from a field of 60 candidates to succeed Rescia, who will still play an active role with the company and assume the title artistic director emeritus.

Schneider started performing for the CWO a decade ago, while he was still a student at UMass, and he has worked with the company off and on over the years. After graduating, he went to Boston, where he performed with several opera companies. After six years in the Hub, he and his wife relocated to the Pioneer Valley. He still sings with a number of companies, including Opera Boston, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Florida Grand Opera, and others.

When asked to offer a job description for a company’s artistic director’s role, he laughed, and said the role defies description.

"What I do is essentially choose the repertoire that is to be produced, and I do so based on a lot of considerations, including personal taste, operas that I think we can do well, and variety, which is important for us because we produce both an opera and a musical theater piece every year,î he said. "Within the course of a season I want some variety — a tragedy for one, a comedy for the other, different historical time periods, and different musical styles.î

After choosing the works, the artistic director will, in time, run auditions, hire singers, conductors, and stage designers, and facilitate the entire process. "It’s taking a performance all the way through, from start to finish,î he said. "And that’s what attracted me to this job.î

Noble, who assumed the director’s position in early July following the departure of Dara Lewis, brings a background in publishing and the music industry to the CWO.

Her husband, Clifton, is a well-known professional pianist who has performed with the Commonwealth Opera, providing her exposure to the group and its broad mission. Professionally, she worked for a number of years with Merriam-Webster, first as an editor, and later as director of electronic product development.

She then started her own business, Artisttec, which brought technical support to musicians and other musicians. Services included Web page design, digitizing music, type-setting score electronically, and computer consulting. Through that venture, Noble began working with several area colleges and universities, especially Smith College, where she became facilities manager for the music department.

She was in that role when she heard about the pending opportunity at CWO, a position that affords her the chance to utilize many of her acquired skills.

"I was very interested in working with a company that was in a transition state and in a place where I could help it grow and move in new directions,î she said. "Because both Alan and I are new, there are a lot of opportunities to set a new course; this gives me a chance to try some new things and to use some of the talents I have to help the company.î

Orchestrating Growth

Schneider and Noble inherit a rich tradition of quality performances, one they want to continue and enhance.

The CWO was founded by Rescia in 1972 as Project Opera, and was designed as a vehicle for area singers interested in grand opera. Its first endeavors were concerts of arias, ensembles, and operatic scenes for small audiences in mainly the Project Opera studio on the third floor of the building at 160 Main St. in Northampton.

The company produced its first fully staged opera in 1976, a production of Carlyle Floyd’s Sussanah, conducted in conjunction with the Pioneer Valley Symphony as part of celebrations for the nation’s bicentennial. A year later, the opera undertook its first solo, in-house production, Die Fledermaus, with Rescia as artistic director and conductor. It also launched its annual Messiah sing-alongs.

Over the years, the opera developed an educational component. It has coordinated a number of in-school productions, conducted workshops, and introduced students to the world of opera. Last year, for example, the company bussed more than 1,000 students to the Calvin Theater for performances of Hansel & Gretel.

In 1989, the company changed its name to Commonwealth Opera. As Schneider explained, the group’s productions had grown in professionalism, to the point where it was auditioning people from hundreds of miles away. The name Project Opera did not convey permanence or stability, he said, so the name was changed so singers would feel comfortable with putting the opera on their resumes.

The road has not always been smooth for the company. Twice over the past 25 years it found itself without enough money to produce a scheduled opera. On both occasions, the general public helped the institution get out of debt.

For the past several years, the CWO’s season has featured four main performances; an opera in the fall; a Broadway musical in the spring — this season, it will Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate; two Messiah sings each December, one in Northampton and the other in Springfield; and a Guild Concert each spring.

Looking forward, Schneider and Noble want to bring opera to a wider audience and bring different types of performances to area theaters and schools — and grow as a business in the process.

One priority is to expand the company’s base, which is the Northampton-Amherst area. "We’re starting to see people come down from the Greenfield-Brattleboro area and discover the company,î she said. "We’re also trying to increase our visibility in Springfield and Holyoke, so that people there are more aware of what we have to offer, and also how we can help them and enrich their communities.î

Noble said the CWO’s leadership, working in conjunction with its board, is engaged in strategic planning initiatives.

"Like any business, you need a long-range plan and a day-to-day plan to make things happen,î she explained, adding that the group plans an in-depth study of its fund-raising activities, repertoire of shows, and educational programs with an eye toward improving both the quality and quantity of each one.

"I think this market will support more shows, and that’s one of things we’re going to be looking at, "she said. "We want to reach more people and conduct more educational programs as well.î

Among the planned new initiatives is an apprenticeship program for singers, to be coordinated with UMass, that will involve several students with this fall’s production of Carmen. It’s part of the CWO’s broader mission to introduce people, especially younger populations, to opera and then provide them a place to get started.

"There are a lot of singers in the area who don’t have a place to perform,î said Noble, "especially young singers who want to try it and see if opera is a career opportunity for them. Right now, there’s no place for them to go; if you’re a young person who plays the violin, there are young people’s symphonies and community orchestras — there are performance opportunities that help you determine if you can pursue this as a career. For singers, there is nothing.î

Schneider concurred, and noted that performing an opera involves much more than singing. "To be an opera singer requires more skills — acting, working on stage, working with costumes — and we want to help people acquire those skills.î

While planning for the future, Schneider and Noble are immersed in Carmen, a four-act drama set in early 19th century Spain, that is based on the novel by Prosper Merimee. It is, as Schneider described it, "the story of an independent and self-destructive woman (Carmen) and a very violent man that ends badly.î

The basic storyline can be adopted in a number of ways, he said, and the CWO will look to puts its own mark on a story that has stood the test of time.

Carmen is a very special work that can be played in so many ways,î he explained. "It doesn’t depend on a particular setting or musical style. And it’s got love, jealousy, betrayal — all the biggies; there’s a lot of stuff there.î

It’s a show that people should come see, said Noble, whether they are opera fans or, like many, think they know what opera’s about — but don’t really know.

Curtain Call

Schneider joked that the planned 2005 opera, The Barber of Seville, should be familiar to many people. There was a famous Bugs Bunny episode that borrowed the story and music, and a Seinfeld episode that did the same — sort of.

By the time the CWO is done with its performances, he hopes hundreds of area residents have a better, more grounded understanding of the story.

Exposing more people to the drama, the music, and the fun, as Noble put it, is at the top of the to-do list for the company’s new leadership team. Doing so will be an accomplishment of note, in more ways than one.

George O’Brien can be reached at[email protected]

The Steal Industry

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Program organizers say the Affiliated Chambers’ Super 60 list shows the strength and diversity of the local economy — and portrays the entrepreneurial spirit that prevails in the Valley. This year’s list is deep with health care businesses, financial services providers, retail operations, including several car dealerships, and even two area colleges.

Russ Denver says the Greater Springfield Chamber’s Super 60 program, which began life as the Fabulous 50, was never intended to be a scientific compilation of the region’s top-performing companies.

After all, there are thousands of businesses in the Pioneer Valley, and only a few hundred are nominated for the honor. "Some companies are shy," said Denver, president of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS), explaining why some businesses don’t participate. "And some simply don’t want people to know how well they’re doing."

But the annual list is nonetheless a very accurate barometer of what’s happening with the region’s economy, said Denver, who said he examines each list closely for trends and signs. In recent interviews, Denver said that, despite a somewhat soft economy and the severe fiscal challenges facing Springfield, the local business community has produced a number of success stories. Bright spots of note include the health care sector, financial services, retail, and higher education.

These trends have been verified with this year’s list, said Denver, noting that there are more than 10 health care-related companies on the roster, as well as several financial services businesses — from benefits providers to a few insurance companies. Meanwhile, there is a wide variety of retail operations, including several car dealerships, a boat seller, a power equipment operation and a Harley Davidson dealership (see the full list of companies, page 26).

There are even two private schools on the list — Western New England College and American International College (AIC).

"Looking over this list, two things stand out in my mind," said Denver. "First, the fact that consumer product companies have done quite well, which would defy all the media coverage about a perceived lack of consumer confidence."

Denver also noted the proliferation of health care companies, a sign of that sector’s emergence as an economic engine.

"This the largest number of the health-care related companies that we’ve had on our list," he said. "This shows that we not only have a strong base of businesses in that sector, but that they’re doing very well."

While the Super 60 has become an economic barometer, said Denver, it has also become a brand. Indeed, a number of area businesses make use of their inclusion on either the total revenue or revenue growth list in their advertising, he said, and the phrase "Super 60 company’ has become part of the local lexicon.

"The program provides great recognition for employees — that they’ve contributed to the success of the company," he said, adding that Super 60 serves as a vehicle for communicating business success stories in the Valley. "We started this to highlight the importance of business to our region, to highlight the fast-growing companies, and to inform the public that a lot of really good things are going on in the business community."

The Super 60 companies will be feted at a luncheon on Oct. 29 at Chez Josef in Agawam. The keynote speaker for that event will be Arthur J. Rolnick, senior vice president and director of marketing for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, who will speak on the economics of early childhood development.

In Good Company

Change was the order of the day with this year’s Super 60 list, especially in the revenue-growth category. Half the list, 15 companies, is new from last year, and the top five has only two repeats, the day care center Giggle Gardens, which was the runner-up for the second year in a row, and Thrifty Financial Services, which placed fifth.

At the top of the revenue-growth list for 2004 is Agawam-based U.S. Tank Alliance (USTA), an underground storage tank solutions company that has recorded average growth of 160.9944% over the past three years.

Company President Joel Hershey said there have been a number of state and federal regulations passed over the past 15-20 years regarding underground and above-ground tanks, and U.S. Tank Alliance was created four years ago to take advantage of opportunities presented by that legislation.

The company, which covers roughly the eastern half of the country, has regional facilities in Columbus, Ohio, Tampa, Fla., Baton Rouge, La., and Cinnaminson, N.J., in addition to the corporate headquarters in Agawam.

USTA provides a number of services for commercial clients, residential property owners, and municipalities, including tank cleaning, inspection, compliance programs, system training, project management, and consulting. That diversity, coupled with its geographic reach, has enabled the company to achieve strong growth each year since its inception, said Hershey.

"We put a number of services under one roof, and that makes us fairly unique," he explained, adding that USTA counts a number of global petroleum dealers, area cities and towns, and individual homeowners on its client list.

Rounding out the top five are two newcomers to the revenue growth, Focus Business Supplies Inc. and Northstar Recycling Group (Northstar previously qualified for the total-revenue list).

Other newcomers to the growth list are Baystate Dental, P.C., Baystate Ob-Gyn Group, Brookdale Associates, Diamond RV Center (a previous qualifier for total revenue), Elm Industries, Falcetti Music Inc., First American Insurance Agency, Firtion Adams Funeral Service Inc. (see related story, page 25), Healthcare Resource Solutions, Micro-test Laboratories, and Ten Novembre Group, Dba The Bordeaux Co., and United Personnel Services.

Alta Stark, communications director for the ACCGS said the threshhold for making the growth list was 26% over the past three years, with average growth of just over 65% for the 30 companies that qualified.

On the total revenue side of the ledger, there were four newcomers, AIC, The Center for Human Development and its subsidiary, Behavioral Health Network Inc., and Kittredge Equipment Corp. (see related story, page 23).

Topping the revenue list is Bertera Enterprises, which has been a frequent Super 60 qualifier and a family business that has grown steadily over the years.

Company President Aldo Bertera said it all started with a gas station on Route 20 in West Springfield that was operated by his father. Aldo and his brother, Robert, eventually opened a Subaru dealership on Riverdale Road in 1973. The Bertera family of auto sales and service businesses continues to grow, and now includes eight dealerships and two collision centers.

The corporation includes four dealerships on Riverdale Road — Subaru, Lincoln Mercury, Chrysler, and Suzuki — as well as Bertera Metro Jeep Chrysler Plymouth and Auto World by Bertera, both in Springfield, and Bertera Chevrolet Oldsmobile Pontiac in Palmer. The latest acquisition came this past summer, when the company acquired Balise Chrysler Jeep and melded it with Bertera Dodge in Westfield.

Rounding out the top five in total revenue were newcomer, Sarat Ford Enterprises — another of the four auto dealerships on the revenue list — and Peter Pan Bus Lines and Pride Convenience Inc., and Western New England College.

Stark said that the average annual revenue for the 30 companies on the list was more than $48 million. Total revenue for all companies on the list exceeded $1.4 billion.

Four companies on the revenue list also qualified for the revenue-growth chart — Camfour Inc., Louis & Clark Drug Inc., OK Pet Supply, Peter Pan, and Pride. Meanwhile, four revenue-growth winners also qualified for total revenue — Brookdale Associates, Diamond RV, Environmental Compliance Services Inc., and Northstar Recycling.

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Entrepreneurial Thinking

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Jack Wilson has some ambitious goals for the five-school University of Massachusetts system he now leads. He wants UMass to be more visible and much more of a force in economic development initiatives across the state. In a word, he wants the school to be indispensable to the Commonwealth.

Since being named president of UMass this past spring, Jack Wilson has been busy, as he put it, "telling our story.î

He has spoken to business and civic groups from one end to the state to the other. He’s penned op-ed pieces for publications ranging from The Republican to Mass High Tech magazine. And he’s appeared before editorial boards at most of the state’s major publications.

The blitz has a purpose, Wilson told BusinessWest: making a distinct connection between the five-campus university and economic development efforts in the Commonwealth. The connection has always been there, he said — thousands of jobs have come out of research at the university and thousands more have been retained through various workforce initiatives — but more people need to understand it and take part in it.

"The path to economic and social development in the state goes through UMass,î he explained, using phrases he would repeat often. "We see the university as an indispensable partner in economic development of the Commonwealth.

"When you look at economic development across the United States, you quickly discover that it goes best in an area around outstanding university research universities,î he continued, citing Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and Silicon Valley as just two examples. "The same holds true in Massachusetts; if you took UMass out of the picture, 90% of the research that took place outside of Route 128 would disappear.î

As he pushes his message, Wilson is also taking steps to see that the rhetoric becomes reality. To make UMass the economic development engine he envisions, it must have more and better partnerships — with business, government, non-profits, other colleges and universities, and its own alumni.

Such partnerships have led to success stories involving all five campuses, he said, citing the collaboration between UMass-Amherst and Baystate Health System in the creation of a biosciences research center as just one example.

"We want to partner will all sorts of community groups,î he said. "This could be industry giants like Raytheon, or it could be entities like the Boston public schools, which we’re joining in a math/science partnership that’s part of a $12 million externally funded program high-quality match and science opportunities,î he said. "We have another one called the Urban Scholars Program, in which we’re partnered with community groups focused on minority groups and providing them with educational opportunities.î

While the partners and the specific missions vary, the common denominator is economic development, said Wilson, noting that efforts in this realm include everything from new job creation to making sure the state’s workforce can take on the jobs of today — and tomorrow.

Wilson said he has a number of specific and general goals for the university. For starters, he wants to double the amount of public and private research grants received by the university — from the current $300 million to $600 million, perhaps within five years. He also wants to take the school’s endowment, currently at $170 million, to new heights.

Meanwhile, he wants to create what he called a "unified brandî for the university. By this, he meant that current students and faculty members, as well as alumni of the five schools in the UMass system will think of themselves as part of a larger entity, rather than graduates of a specific school.

With new strategic alliances, and an increasingly entrepreneurial approach within the university itself, UMass can emerge as one of the nation’s premier public university systems, said Wilson, adding that he is committed to making this happen.

"We want to be a willing partner in social and economic development most broadly construed,î he said, "not narrowly construed.î

Degrees of Progress

After he was named interim president of UMass following the resignation of William Bulger in September 2003, Wilson said he had to think long and hard about whether he wanted to pursue the job on a permanent basis.

"To be honest, if they had offered me a permanent position at that time, I would have declined, because it wasn’t clear to me that we had the support it would take to be successful,î he said, referring to both public and private constituencies. "It wasn’t until I worked three and four months and I felt that the situation was coming together nicely and that we were going to have the support from the business community and we were going to have the support from the governor’s office, the Legislature, and the alumni, that I decided to become a candidate.î

That support came in a number of forms, he explained, noting the Legislature made a strong commitment in the budget, especially with an appropriation for long-unfunded contractual raises for faculty and staff, and the governor included a number of capital projects. Meanwhile, Wilson noted a strong measure of support from members of the business community, many of whom he worked with during creation of report titled Choosing to Lead: The Race for National R&D Leadership and New Economy Jobs.

Touted as the Massachusetts Technology Road Map, the report was organized by Mass Insight Corp., a Boston-based public policy firm, and Batelle, an Ohio-based economic development consulting firm. It concluded that UMass is one of the state’s key economic drivers, a resource that should be exploited for new business development and job creation.

"I sat down with many different constituencies, and had some rather frank discussions about where they want this university to be, and how it fits in with development strategies in the Commonwealth,î Wilson said. "I was very pleasantly surprised to find that there was a great deal of bi-partisan support for a strong state university.

"These things are like a snowball,î he went on. "It starts small and it keeps getting bigger and bigger, and at some point you say, ëthis is going in the right direction, let’s keep it going.’î

With such commitments, Wilson said the university can proceed with confidence in its efforts to take a larger role in economic development efforts across the Commonwealth. And as he moves ahead with his plans, Wilson can call on many of his own experiences for inspiration.

Indeed, Wilson knows what it takes to bring a concept through the university research stage, the venture-capital-raising stage, into development, and then through the process of going public. He did just that at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While working there as the J. Erik Johnson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Physics, Engineering Science, Information Technology, and Management, he spun off a software development company called ILINC.

The company was built through three rounds of venture capital from Exponential Investors, Intel Corporation, the New York State Science and Technology Foundation, and GeoCapital Investors. The venture, known later as LearnLinc, eventually merged with Allan Communications and Gilat Communications to form the publicly traded Mentergy Corporation.

That business venture came as Wilson was filling his resume with achievements in academia, in both the classroom and administration.

Wilson earned a degree in Physics from Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., and his Ph.D. from Kent State University. He taught physics at Sam Houston State University, and eventually served as chairman of the Physics Department and director of the Division of Chemistry, Physics, and Physical Sciences.

He then moved to the University of Maryland, where he taught physics and science, and later to Rensselaer, where he served in a variety of positions. These included acting provost, acting dean of Faculty, dean of Undergraduate and Continuing Education, director of the Lois J. and Harlan E. Anderson Center for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, and co-director of the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship.

He exited LearnLinc in 2000, at the height of the tech market and just before the sector turned south. He pocketed more than enough to retire, but wasn’t ready to do so. Instead, he went looking for a new challenge, and found one when he came to UMass to bolster its fledgling online education initiative.

He took a program with only a handful of courses and students and guided it to exponential growth. When he become interim president, the online program served nearly 15,000 students and involved 40 different degree and certificate programs.

It was this diverse background, including many levels of work in academia and business over a 35-year career, that made Wilson a logical choice for interim and then permanent president at the university. And it is this mix that he believes will help in the process of creating the strategic alliances he says are crucial to the school’s continued growth and development.

Stern Test

There are five schools in the UMass system — Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester (UMass Medical) — and Wilson says each one has made significant contributions to their respective regions — and the state as a whole — and will look to increase its involvement in the years to come.

The day he spoke with BusinessWest, Wilson also addressed business groups in the New Bedford-Fall River region of the state, now known collectively as the South Coast. The message delivered there was similar to the one being sent across the state.

"I told them that we’re here to do our part; we’re willing to be your partner,î he said, adding that this same message is being across the state.

When asked how partnerships come together, Wilson cited the case of a $40 million research center created out of work at the Amherst campus. This was an initiative where all the pieces to the puzzle — university research and both public and private participation — fell into place.

Known as CASA, the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, was inspired by the work of UMass-Amherst professor David McLaughlin, who devised of method of using low-level radar to radically improve weather-forecasting capabilities and also provide new tools for monitoring airborne toxins generated by pollution or terrorism.

The initiative was moved forward thanks to a $1 million gift from Amherst philanthropists John and Elizabeth Armstrong, which helped trigger $5 million in seed money from the Commonwealth and support from Massachusetts businesses. This multi-faceted support eventually led to a $17 million engineering research center grant from the National Science Foundation.

"That’s an example of what can happen when the necessary components come together,î Wilson said. "CASA shows how effective partnerships can make things happen.î

With $320 million in public and privately funded research and development, UMass ranks third in that category in Massachusetts (behind Harvard and MIT) and fourth in New England (behind Yale). It also has a faster R&D growth rate than the national average. But Wilson believes it can be doing much better, and the Mass. Insight/Battelle report echoes that sentiment.

"We want to double our research — the questions are: how fast can we get that done and do we need to do to get it done?î he said, adding that while there is no how-to manual on such initiatives, the university will start by focusing on what Wilson called its "core businesses,î while developing new ones.

"There are a number of factors involved — we want to focus on the areas where we have expertise, but also on what the specific community needs are,î he said. "We know the biomedical business is going to be very big, so we have to figure out how we’re going to play in that. We know that the marine sciences and ocean engineering are also going to be big, and we know that information technology and telecommunications will continue to be a strength. We have to gauge all our opportunities and make the most of each one.î

Wilson said there has been a gradual shift in the research arena from private schools to public schools and especially what he called the "super publics.î This has coincided with huge growth in the scale of research and, recently, a loss of market share in the Bay State.

To get those research dollars back, and to fully capitalize on the shift from private to public schools, he said, UMass must focus on strategic alliances such as the one with Baystate involving bioscience.

While endeavoring to boost research, Wilson also wants to grow the school’s endowment. He said UMass has been lagging behind other state universities in this arena, and he and UMass/Amherst Chancellor John Lombardi are forwarding plans to help the school catch up.

"Other institutions, like Michigan and Penn State have been after this a lot longer than we have,î he explained. "In fact, it’s only been in the last five years that there’s been any focus on this at all. So we have a long way to go.î

Meanwhile, he wants to strengthen the UMass ëbrand.’ He said each of the five schools has, and must maintain, its own identity, but they must work together to promote the larger entity.

Wilson drew parallels to a family.

"Siblings compete with one another,î he explained. " But they also work together for the benefit of the family, and that’s what we have here, a family.î

Overall, Wilson wants the university to become more entrepreneurial in its approach to all its ventures, and to set the bar higher in pursuit of its goals.

"We don’t want to set our sights on being average,î he said. "We want to set our sights on being one of the world’s great public universities. That means we shouldn’t be striving for national averages in anything we do. Instead, we should be comparing ourselves to the top schools and then competing with them — and we have a ways to go to get there.î

Class Act

When asked to describe his role as president of the UMass system, Wilson said it’s his job to set an overall direction for the system and provide it with the resources it needs. To do this effectively, he must keep the school in the public eye or, as he put it, continually tell its story.

This explains why Wilson has used the airwaves and publications’ op-ed pages with such frequency in recent months.

"If we don’t step up and tell our story, it’s our fault,î he said, adding that with strong visibility the school can position itself for continued support.

"It’s all about partnerships,î he stressed repeatedly. "We want people to know that we’re here and ready to work with them. That how we can reach our goals — and that’s how we can become indispensable.î

George O’Brien can be reached at[email protected]

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Adams, Eleanor B.
52 Albermarle St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Aguayo, Gladys
20 Newland St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Albert, Leanna M.
350 Meadow St., Apt. 66
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Alicea, Nelson
41 Holyoke St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

All American Concrete Inc.
82 Front St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Allen, Charles A.
235 State St., Unit 43
Springfield, MA 01103
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Almiron, Rosa E.
37 Fairview Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Alves, Hugo
5 Dewey St.
chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Andrews, Jewell Yvonne
75 Greene St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Bahadur, Sean J.
151 Locust St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Bailly, Danielle
30 Elizabeth St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Baker, Franklin A.
Baker, Susan L.
23 Tracy Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Barker, Jeffrey Dean
Barker, Jody Lynn
36 Alfred St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Barre, Cynthia L.
1087 James St.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Bassette, Matthew W.
Bassette, Diane E.
475B Corey St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Bazzurro, JoAnn M.
60 East Alvord St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Beach, Dede A.
146 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Bennett, Mark
109 Denver St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Beroth, Chad W.
211 Dayton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Berthiaume, Roland F.
585 Cooley St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Bessette, Jeannette C
87 Senator Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/04

Bigelow, Jessica L.
71 High St., Apt. 17
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Blanchard, Todd T.
30 Marlborough St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Brenes, Bryand E.
60 Gatewood Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Brown, Christopher Van Lee
81 Davis Road
Chicopee, MA 01022
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Brumley, Brandi
646 Main St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Brunelle, Steven
46 Columbia St., Apt. 6B
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Bryant, Edward C.
535 Chapin St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Buell, Richard
760 McKinstry St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Burnett, Ami R.
16 Monson Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Cameron, Lucretia D.
122 Methuen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Camerota, Deborah A.
6 Boxhill St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Camilleri, Donna M.
22 Tina Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Canavan, Phillip J.
8 Gaylord St., Apt. C
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Carver, Angela
74 Front St., Apt. 3L
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Catalano, Valentino
Catalano, Wanda Evon
97 Leo Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Chan, Jimmy M.
127 Parkside St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Chene, Anthony D.
21 Grattan St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Cinq Mars, Peter N.
3 Miller St., Apt. 1
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Coleman, Jeffery
Coleman, Elizabeth M.
24 Meredith St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/29/04

Colli, David J.
151 Bowdoin St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Collier, Brian G.
Collier, Carin M.
74 Sun Valley Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Colon, Carmen M.
70 Broadway St., Apt.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Colon, Victor M.
21 Grove St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Converse, Patricia A.
115 Dwight St., Apt. 904
Springfield, MA 01103
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Corcoran, Thomas E.
33 Elmwood Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Cordero, Luis A.
Cordero, Maria V.
392 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Correa, Elena
70 Waldo St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Costella, Raymond A.
Costella, Michelle L.
73 Meadow St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Covington-Hairston, Tangela
101 Mayflower Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Danenza, William U.
Danenza, Barbara T.
109 Olka Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Deprey, Olivia
22 New Ludlow Road
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/11/04

Desclos, Jason D.
90 Ridgeview Ter.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Desrochers, Linda M.
55 North Main St., Unit 24
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/04

Diaz, Jose A.
8 Bellevue Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Dore, Christine A.
15 Rhodes Ave.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Dubay, Wilfred
146 Silver St.
Granville, MA 01034
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Dunne, Pamela
89 Jarvis Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Dusza, Melissa A.
562 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Emery, Deborah May
P.O. Box 452
Northampton, MA 01061
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Emery-Ferrero, Denice L.
27 Emerson Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Falken, Zoe
53C Saint Koble Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Ferrero, Michael J.
27 Emerson Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Figueroa, Jose A.
70 Waldo St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Flatt, Dawn E.
15B Taylor Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Flores, Vivian
41 Holyoke St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Forcier, Michael P.
99 Grover St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Fountain, Douglas J.
185 Prospect St., Apt. 2
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Fountain, Joseph R.
30 Santa Barbra St.
Springfield, MA 01004
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Gelinas, Sandra I.
45 Mercury Ct. R-1
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Gleason, Kevin P.
80 Rhodes Ave.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Gloth, Harvey W.
112 Barbara Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Glynn, Roy C.
Glynn, Paula D.
32 Stuart Place
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Gomez, Carlos Miguel
93 Bowles St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/20/04

Goncalves, Amaro
24 Barberry Lane
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/04

Gonzalez, Antonio
245 Pineview Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Goyette, Robert R.
Goyette, Amy M.
342 Southwick Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Gray, Kevin F.
64 Sherbrooke St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Gray, Ruth
76 Hazen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Gruska, Matthew J.
126 Florida Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/21/04

Guyotte, Kenneth J.
Guyotte, Christine A.
4 Cottage St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/20/04

Hall, Beverly J.
308 Main St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Hallock, David J.
Hallock, Gabriele
58 Pasco Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Haney, Morris A.
Haney, Linda A.
28 Pinecone Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/29/04

Harbert, Joseph E.
Southwood Acres
342 Southwick Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Harvey, Richard J.
6 Sobieski St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Hawk, Tiffany K.
34 Canal St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Herbele, Robert Loring
Herbele, Jonna Ann
30 White St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Hernandez, Linda I.
298 Elm St., Apt. 3A
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Herrera, Jacqueline
131 Ashley Ave., Apt. M1
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Heywood, Julie A.
17 Glenwood Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Hibbard, Franklin D.
12 Aliceburk Way, Apt. 211
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Hobert, Mary R.
190 Great Plains Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Isham, Clark G.
12 Maplecrest Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Jackson, Tawanda A.
201 Tyler St.
Springfield, MA 01139
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/23/04

Jessup, Deborah Joyce
26 Haskin St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Jones, Joseph L.
58 Pearl St., Apt. 3A
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Kalmar, Elaine Ruth
521 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Kantianis, Constandina L.
55 Highalnd St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Keil, Eleanor M.
223 Western Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Kim, Thu
47 Plain St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Koksnsky, Thersa J.
1109 Worcester Road
Barre, MA 01005
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Koroski, Sharon F.
67 Stockbridge St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Krawiec, Walter L.
129 New Ludlow Road
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Kulas, John P.
Kulas, Wendy B.
35 Chmura Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Lajewski, Jason
Lajewski, Tracie Lyne
79 Franklin St., Apt. 12
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/11/04

Lama, Khunga
84 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Lampson, Donna J.
48B West School St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Lampson, Jonathan M.
PO Box 2193
7 Cross St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Langevin, Denise Gail
20 Bush St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Lannon, Earl D.
Lannon, Christina M.
61 Dartmouth St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Lataille, Phyllis A.
42B Jabish St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Lauder, Karen J.
33 Kellogg Ave., Apt. 1
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Leak, Charles A.
27 Delmore St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/03/04

Libian, Joseph
568 Armory St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Lowell, Ellen A.
20 Exeter St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Lucia, Robert M.
4 Marie St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/17/04

Luciano, Catalina
44 Byers St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/21/04

Luu, Le G.
19 Niles St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/21/04

Lynge, Carl H.
32 Wildwood Glen
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/03/04

Mailloux, Cheryl-Ann
116 Bostwick Lane
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/23/04

Martinez, Jorge Luis
1721 Riverdale St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Martinez, Jose L.
5 Harrison Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Matos, Ramonita
296 Franklin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Maxton, Timothy S.
205 Southwick St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Mays, Raymond S.
37 Julia Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/28/04

McCluskey, David D.
874 Prospect St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

McCullough, Kevin
24 West State St.
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/03/04

McDonald, Jessica M.
189 Hampshire St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/11/04

McKenzie, Laura L.
142 W. Canton Circle
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Medeiros, Kathleen M.
8 Woodside Ter.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Mitchell, Eyvonne
101 Lowell St., Apt. 111
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Mock, Avery K.
46 Elmore Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Mogue, Evelyn E.
20A Stillbrook Lane
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Mongeau, Yvon E.
Mongeau, Cecile A.
27 Erline St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Nadler, David A.
12 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Nadler, Judith M.
12 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Nally, David F.
11 Naomi St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Negron, Marilyn
1877 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/08/04

Nieves, Jessica
72 Patten St., Apt. 4B
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Nieves, Radames
Nieves, Lucia
141 Locust St., Apt. 2
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Nimchick, Matthew J.
27 Hampden St.
Wesfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Pachot, Valentin
Pachot, Patricia A.
10 West School St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Paquette, Tracy L.
16A Pleasant St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Paradise, Dennis A.
Paradise, Rose E.22 Eloise St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Parent, Constance M.
Parent, Paula
130 Brookfield Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Piaga, Elleen S.
61 Farnsworth St., 2nd Fl.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Provost, Sean S.
99 Hendron Dr.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/11/04

Provost, Tania M.
11 Sylvia Lane
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Pryor, Melanie R.
32 Truman Circle
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/03/04

Ramirez, Eliezer F.
97 Martin St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Reilly, Megan K.
437 Poole St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Rhodes, Diane L.
49 Blaine St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/04

Rios, Faustine N.
3 Montgomery St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Rivera, Wallis L.
Rivera, Enrique
9 Humeston Slope
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Rivera, Julio
52 Boyer St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/23/04

Rocke, Jeanne L.
126 Union St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Rodriguez, Cherie Anne
1 Maxine Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Rodriguez, Hiram
1 Maxine Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Rodriguez, Migdalia
10 Chestnut St.
Apt. 1602
Springfield, MA 01103
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Ross, Gregory Allen
91 Raymond Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Ross, Karen Kristine
91 Raymond Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Rouse, Christina B.
45 Willow St., Apt. 30
Springfield, MA 01103
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Rousseau, Eva M.
97 Lapa Farm Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/30/04

Saalfrank, Darrin J.
491 Bridge Road, Apt. 100
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Sacco, Stephen J.
Sacco, Vicki-Lynn
135 Almira Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/04

Sanchez, Eddie S.
42 Embassy Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Sanchez, Elba
53 Ridgeway St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/11/04

Scott, Sandra L.
53 Meadow Lark Lane
Chicopee, MA 01022
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Sell, Janet L.
20 Arnold St., Apt. 2
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/28/04

Serrenho, Nancy F.
16 Olivine St., 3rd Fl.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/29/04

Sevastyanova, Nataliya
448 Allen Park Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Sherman, Judith
56 Lewis Road
Westfield, MA 01086
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/23/04

Shufelt-Scott, Rose S.
119 Bacon Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Sienkiewicz, Edward M.
25 St. Paul St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Smith, George E.
95 Park Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Spadea, Joseph G.
Spadea, Justine L.
160 Point Grove Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Spencer, Larry W.
Spencer, Deborah L.
9 North Main St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Steinbock, Kyle D.
27 Lyman Ter.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Stevens, Harriet E.
39 Chapel St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/22/04

Stevenson-Pope, Christina Ann
202 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/20/04

Summers, Sarah Dorothy
Independent House
1475 Roosevelt Ave., A
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/16/04

Taylor, John
Taylor, Angela C.
322 Peekskill Ave.
Springfield, MA 01129
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Tebbetts, Carolyn L.
15 Kylie Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Terlecky, Lisa M.
60 Churchill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/04

Torres, Jose
169 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Turek, Marjorie Ann
25 Otis St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Utterback, Thomas D.
77 Cottage St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/26/04

Velazquez, Samuel
37 N. East St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/04

Vercauteren, Keith
260 Commonwealth Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/04

Wahrmann, Courtney L.
27 Hide Away
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/04

Walsh, David Emil
Walsh, Lynnette Ellen
22 Penncastle St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Ward, Danny E.
Ward, Nadine
138 Summer Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/04

Wemyss, William F.
Wemyss, Dianne C.
50 Lavender Lane
Springfield, MA 01129
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/04

Wheeler, Linda M.
55 Spring St., Apt. 18
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Williams, Allie V.
145 Bowles St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Wills, Katrina Marie
72 Whittier St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/20/04

Withee, Mark
Withee, Linda
218 Rowley St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Woods, Gary L.
88 Tompkins Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/27/04

Wright, Beatrice B.
20 Cooley Ave.
E. Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/19/04

Young, Melissa A.
95 Birch Park Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/10/04

Building Permits

By
Departments

The following building permits were issued during the months of August 2004.

AGAWAM

Steven Richter
104 Gold St.
$242,000 — Build steel structure

Town of Agawam
760 Cooper St.
$540,000 — Remodel office area

AMHERST

Amherst College Trustees
College St.
$7,810 — Create new exam room at Alumni Gymnasium

Amherst College Trustees
81 Lessey St.
$45,000 — New roof

Boyden & Perron Garage Inc.
41 South Whitney St.
$249,358 — Construct shell only — pre-engineered steel building with concrete foundation

Peter Grandonico
19 North Pleasant St.
$19,000 — Renovate for Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop

Tofino Associates Inc.
43 Kestrel Lane
$15,000 — Foundation

Trustees of Hampshire College
Health Services
$30,000 — Addition for two bathrooms;
Prescott House 97
$13,500 — Repair water damage in dormitory;
$9,600 — Install three pre-manufactured Gazebos

CHICOPEE

BJ’s Wholesale
650 Memorial Dr.
$525,000 — Expand tire center, renovate existing building

First Congregational Church
302 Chicopee St.
$35,000 — Vinyl siding

Memorial Drive Association Inc.
1976 Memorial Dr.
$150,000 — Renovate Freedom Credit Union

HOLYOKE

Bear Properties
108 Whiting Farms Road
$90,000 — Partial re-roof

Pyramid Co. of Holyoke
50 Holyoke St.
$138,500 — Remodel Torrid Store

NORTHAMPTON

Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc.
30 Locust St.
$26,520 — Alter third-floor office 222A

Eric Suher
84 Pleasant St.
$2,100 — Erect awning for Luna Pizza

Hampshire Property Management
351 Pleasant St.
$2,000 — Repair water damage to front overhang

Hampshire Regional YMCA
286 Prospect St.
$75,000 — Renovate locker rooms, fitness room, new front desk

Northampton Terminal Assoc.
1 Roundhouse Plaza
$9,190 — Office renovation

SOUTH HADLEY

Mount Holyoke College
Newhall Admissions
$650,000 — Addition

Mount Holyoke College
Porter Hall
$140,000 — Convert to office space

Mount Holyoke College
Stafford Hall
$30,000 — Interior and exterior alterations

SPRINGFIELD

Banknorth
1441 Main St.
$40,000 — Interior renovations

Baystate Medical Center
354 Birnie Ave.
$429,473 — Interior renovations

Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut St.
$1,800,000 — Interior renovations

CAMAR
180 Avacado St.
$137,500 — Renovate landing dock

Francis Rosso
896 Allen St.
$70,000 — Renovate package store

Mass Mutual
1500 Main St.
$15,000 — Alter office space

Orchard Auto Wrecking
420 Oak St.
$47,800 — Renovate buildings for storage

Plimpton & Hills
25 Mill River Lane
$5,000 — Add loading dock

The Republican
1860 Main St.
$8,000 — Renovate conference room;

Western New England College
13A Breck Place
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

16A Breck Place
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

17L Park Place
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

22A Park Place
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

30L Park Place
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

47A Breckwood Circle
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

53L Park Lane
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

133L Breckwood Circle
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

1206L Wilbraham Road
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

1212A Wilbraham Road
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

1220L Wilbraham Road
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

1224A Wilbraham Road
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

1232L Wilbraham Road
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

5R Park Lane
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

116L Gateway Dr.
$12,000 — Bedroom addition;

9R Gateway Dr.
$12,000 — Bedroom addition

WEST SPRINGFIELD

30 Capital Inc.
30 Capital Dr.
$25,000 — Interior and exterior renovations

1150 Union St. Corp.
1114 Union St.
$50,000 — Renovate retail space

1150 Union St. Corp.
1136 Union St.
$86,000 — Renovate retail space

Eastern States Exposition
1305 Memorial Ave.
$10,000 — Erect circus tent

Lower Pioneer Valley
Educational Corp.
784 Amestown Road
$80,000 — Renovate school

WESTFIELD

Applebee’s
441 East Main St.
$94,839 — Interior renovations

Incorporations

By
Departments

The following business incorporations were recorded in Hampden and Hampshire counties between mid-July and mid-August, the latest available. They are listed by community.

AGAWAM

Agawam Family Physicians, P.C., 141 Main St. Agawam 01001. Michael J. Jawitz, 17 Wyman St., Agawam 01001. To practice medicine.

Atlas Founders Inc., 36 Hampden Lane, Agawam 01001. Peter J. Carras, 28 Powder Hill Road, Middlefield, CT 06455. George L. Vershon Jr., 36 Hampden Lane, Agawam 01001, treasurer. A foundry manufacturing products of tin and other metals, etc.

Deluxe Limousine Inc., 81 Ramah Circle, Agawam 01001. Edward Dersarkis, same. Limousine service.

P & G Realty Holding Corp., 36 Hampden Lane, Agawam 01001. Peter J. Carras, 28 Powder Hill Road, Middleton, CT 06455. George L. Vershon Jr., 36 Hampden Lane, Agawam 01001, treasurer. A real estate holding company.

Sports Performance Inc., 11 South Bridge Dr., Agawam 01001. Steven J. Hurwitz, 467 Laurel St., Longmeadow 01106. To enhance performance in sports and sport-related activities for children and adults.

Vallid Laboratories Inc., 295 Silver St., Agawam 01001. Debra Vallides, same. (Foreign corp; CT) To test food and portable water, acquire related instruments, etc.

AMHERST

Artshow Amherst Inc., 409 Main St., c/o Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, Amherst 01002. March Lambert, 83 North Whitney St., Amherst 01002. Nonprofit) To attract visual artists to the area, provide related services, etc.

Tiancheng International Inc., 345 Lincoln Ave., #511, Amherst 01002. Wai Ning Chan, same. Import and export agent.

CHICOPEE

Cardinal Complete Door Distributor Inc., 38 Wheatland Ave., Chicopee 01013. Francis D. Cardinal, same. To sell and install doors, hardware,
security products, etc.

Chicopee Storage Inc., 1981 Memorial Dr., #187, Chicopee 01020. Barbara E. Donahue, 105 Hampshire Ct., Deptford, NJ 080965. John J. Santanielle, 134 Carol Ann St., Springfield 01128. To provide warehousing.

Multiline Warehousing and Transportation Inc., 181 Kendall St., Chicopee 01020. Stanislaw Borawski, 1221 Dundix Road, Unit 153, Miississaugo, On Lay 3Y9 CAN. Agnes Ruszczyk, 181 Kendall St., Chicopee 01020, registered agent. Warehousing and transportation.

Pauly Whally Inc., 205 Chicopee St., Chicopee 01013. Paul L. Boyd, same. To operate a restaurant.

FEEDING HILLS

Agawam Alexander’s Inc., 660 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills 01030. Barry Szymojko, 373 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills 01030. To operate a restaurant and bar.

FLORENCE

Easthampton Mortgage Company Inc., 28 Sylvan Lane, Florence 01062. Anthony Andersen, same. Mortgage brokerage.

Parent-Teacher Organization of John F. Kennedy Middle School Inc., 100 Bridge Road, Florence 01062. Cathleen E. Santosus, 73 Barrett St., #2098, Northampton 01060. (Nonprofit) To provide resources to support an excellent, well-rounded education for JFK Middle School children, etc.

GRANBY

Granby Grain Inc., 108 West State St., Granby 01033. Paul E. Grenier, 29 1/2 Sczygiel Road, Ware 01082. To sell, at retail, grain and other farm products.

Stony Falls Mini Golf Inc., 84 East St., Granby 01033. Stephen Douglas McCray, same. Leisure time activities.

HADLEY

Asian International Imported Food Market Inc., 206 Russell St., Hadley 01035. Ry B. Som, 447 Amherst Road, Belchertown 01007. Retail sale of groceries.

Western Massachusetts Gymnastics Association Inc., 200 Old Lyman Road, South Hadley 01075. Marie Boucino, 86 Sabin St., Belchertown 01007. (Nonprofit) To improve the sport of gymnastics in Massachusetts, foster national and international amateur sports competition, etc.

HAMPDEN

Radharaman Corp., 63 Somers Road, Hampden 01036. Prahaladbhai V. Patel, 4308 Newkirk Ave., North Bergen 07047. To operate convenience stores-gas stations.

HOLYOKE

Certified Real Estate Appraisers Inc., 330 Whitney Ave., Suite 232, Holyoke 01040. Chris E. Monalakis, 219 Christopher Terrace, West Springfield 01089. Real estate appraisals.

Gangster Enterprises Inc., 245 Stafford Road, Holland 01521. John Reed, same. Manufacturing, selling, franchising of motorcycles, etc., related goods and restaurant related thereto.

Lean On Me Inc., 48 Franklin St., Suite 1, Holyoke 0040. Yvonne Garcia, 361 Chestnut St., Holyoke 01040. (Nonprofit) To educate and improve the lives of young people and their families living around the intersection of Franklin and Chestnut St., in Holyoke, etc.

Patriot Towing and Recovery Inc., 81 Brook St., Holyoke 01040. Roselee T. Williams, same. Towing of vehicles.

School Based Services Inc., 72 Front St., Holyoke 01040. John A. Foley Jr., 1308 Northampton St., Holyoke 01040. To provide a complete range of administrative and financial services to educational entities, etc.

LONGMEADOW

Saillant Realty Corp., 908 Shaker Road, Longmeadow 01106. Eduardo A. Saillant, 34-10 84th St., Apt. H, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Donna Taylor, 908 Shaker Road, Longmeadow 01106, registered agent. Real estate investment.

LUDLOW

Big John Inc., 60 Ravenwood Dr., Ludlow 01056. John P. Green, P.O. Box 115, Ludlow 01056. Machine shop and metal works.

Leonard Enterprises Inc., 17 Deponte Dr., Ludlow 01095. William B. Leonard, same. To purchase, renovate and sell renovated houses.

Starlight Entertainment Inc., 83 Church St., Ludlow 01056. Charles J. Stagnaro, same. Sales and service of vending machines.

NORTHAMPTON

The Breast Form Fund Inc., 14 Center St., Northampton 01060. Judith Pine, 28 Perkins Ave., Northampton 01060. (Nonprofit) To provide breast prosthesis and/or post-mastectomy bras to uninsured or under-insured women, etc.

Class Action Network Inc., 245 Main St., #207, Northampton 01060. Felice Yeskel, 137 State St., Amherst 01002. (Nonprofit) To educate people about issues of social class and money, publish related literature, etc.

Comprehensive Life Coaching Inc., 349 Coles Meadow Road, Northampton 01060. Cheryl L. Pascucci, same. To address health and wellness of individuals by self-assessment, self-management, etc.

ESD Electronics Inc., 64 Gothic St., Suite 6, Northampton 01060. Wilfried Voss, 158 Log Plain Road, Greenfield 01301. Software and hardware development and sales.

Harlow Inc., 196 Main St., Northampton 01060. Robert G. Burdick Jr., 67 Cherry St., North Adams 01247. To deal in leather and silver items.

James E. Clayton Jr., DMD, P.C., 243 King St., Suite 112, Northampton 01060. James E. Clayton Jr., 63 Prospect St., Northampton 01060. To provide dental services.

MMY Associates Inc., 41 Main St., Northampton 01060. Teh-Jing Sun, 40 Appalossa Lane, West Springfield 01089. To operate a bar and restaurant.

Northampton Aeronautics Inc., Old Ferry Road, Northampton 01060. Robert J. Bacon, 22 Overlook Dr., Westfield 01085. To operate an airport.

Precision Audio Inc., 376 Easthampton Road, Northampton 01060. Jose R. Fernandez, 89 Edgewood Ave., Chicopee 01013. To operate an automobile accessories business.

R.G. McGee Inc., 76 Crescent St., Suite 1, Northampton 01060. Richard G. McGee, same. Planning, development and restoration of historical structures.

The Western Massachusetts Library Club Inc., 20 West St., Northampton 01060. Dorothy O. Carmody, 281 Chauncey Walker St., #22PVP, South Hadley 01007. (Nonprofit) To promote library services and librarianship in Western Mass.

PALMER

Shree Vallabha Krupa Corp., 1458 North Main St., Palmer 01069. Virendrakumar Dahyabhai Patel, 37 Whytleville Road, London E7 9LP, England. Ashokkumar Dahyabhai Patel, 1040 North Pleasant St., Apt. 518, Amherst 01002, treasurer. Restaurant and food service.

SPRINGFIELD

Hands for Change Outreach Inc., 38 Hunter Place, Springfield 01109. Lawrence Johnson, 39 Lamont St., 2nd Fl., Springfield 01109. (Nonprofit) To provide various outreach programs to benefit the residents of Hampden County, etc.

Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal, Un Nuevo Renovacion Inc., 758 Main St. West Springfield 01089. Luis A. Baes, 30 Laurel St., Springfield 01107. (Nonprofit) To provide for the civic, social and educational welfare of people in need of supportive services, etc.

Laravee Builders Inc., 83 Pilgrim Road, Springfield 01118. David B. Laravee, 65 Woodbridge Circle, Chicopee 01020. Residential construction.

Last Frontier of Springfield Inc., 477 State St., Springfield 01105.
Charles Burlingham, 238 River Road, Agawam 01001. (Nonprofit) To own and operate a general restaurant, cafe, lounge.

NACCE Inc., 1 Federal St., Springfield 01105. Thomas A. Goodrow, 33 Cynthia Place, Feeding Hills 01030. (Nonprofit) To foster economic vitality for local communities through entrepreneurship education programs in community colleges, etc.

Paramount Pizza Inc., 1626 Main St., Springfield 01105. Halil Turan, 49 Lancashire Road, Springfield 01104. A restaurant business.

Salsakids Inc., 1242 Main St., Suite 301, Springfield 01103. Nector Garcia, 120 Oak Grove Ave., Springfield 01109. (Nonprofit) To improve the lives of at-risk children, teens and their families, etc.

Sergey Inc., 1725 Page Blvd., Springfield 01104. Sergey Privedenyuk, same, president, treasurer and secretary. Catering.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., 2100 Roosevelt Ave., Springfield 01102. Roy C. Cuny, same. (Foreign corp; NY) Manufacture of firearms and related products.

Springfield School Volunteers Foundation Inc., 195 State St., P.O. Box 1410, Springfield 01102. Robert Bolduc, 49 Woodsley Road, Longmeadow 01106. (Nonprofit) To assist and carry out the purposes of Springfield School Volunteers, Inc., etc.

TMS Cartunes and Electronics Inc., 100 Verge St., Springfield 01129. George A. Romano III, 17 Aldrew Terrace, Springfield 01119. Auto electronics sales and installation.

Universal Kitchen & Bath Inc., 113 Harkness Ave., Springfield 01108. Craig S. O’Connor, same. General contracting.

Western Medical Supply Inc., 1500 Main St., Suite 2308, Springfield 01115. Bradford A. Miller, 6 Valley Ln., Garrison, NY.10524. Jerry B. Plumb, 1500 Main St., Suite 2308, Springfield 01115, registered agent. To supply durable medical equipment.

Worthington Associates Inc., 21 Prescott St., Springfield 01108. Michael E. Chagnon, 52 DePalma St., Feeding Hills 01030. To deal in real estate.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Ashley Management Inc., 117 Park Ave., Suite 201, West Springfield 01009. Donna M. LaFond, 27 Hilton St., Chicopee 01020. To deal in real estate.

Pioneer Valley Enterprises Inc., 209 Main St. West Springfield 01089. Kristin L. Salha, same. Financial and consulting services.

Power Seal Inc., 80 Wilder Terrace West Springfield 01089. William D. Berte, same. Cleaning, maintenance, pressure washing.

WESTFIELD

Diversified Restaurant Concepts of Westfield Inc., 15 Knox Circle, Westfield 01085. George Flevotomos, same. Restaurant and related services.

K & B Lumber Inc., 100 Apremont Way, Westfield 01085. Keith B. Cressotti, 60 Piper Road, West Springfield 01089. To deal in construction materials and supplies.

Motorsports Policy and Prevention Network Inc.,
60 Lindbergh Blvd., Westfield 01085. Michael G. Pease, same. (Nonprofit) To engage in any civic, educational, charitable and benevolent purpose.

Piper Green Estates Inc., 60 Cardinal Lane, Westfield 01085. Mark T. Bergeron, same. To deal in real estate.

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