Month: May 2005
The following business incorporations were recorded in Hampden and Hampshire counties, and are the latest available. They are listed by community.
AMHERST
New Paradise Inc., 87 Main St., Amherst 01002. Tarlochan Singh, 279 Amherst Road, 37B, Sunderland 01373. To operate a restaurant.
BELCHERTOWN
Fabbo Enterprises Inc., 11 Martin Circle, Belchertown 01007. Frederick P. Fabbo, same. Retail/wholesale garden center and landscaping.
CHICOPEE
KOA Inc., 574 Chicopee St., Chicopee 01013. Richard S. Buffum, 48 Holy Family Road, No. 220, Holyoke 01040. Food service.
LBI Trucking Inc., 1081 Montgomery St., Chicopee 01013. Peter Burkovsky, same. Trucking.
Susan A. Birkner, CPA, P.C., 21 Old Chicopee St., Chicopee 01013. Susan A. Birkner, 1181 Amostown Road, West Springfield 01089. Professional accounting services.
EASTHAMPTON
Optical Communication Interconnect Inc., 193 Northampton St., Easthampton 01027. Ray Desanti, 29 Valley Forge Circle, West Boylston 01583. To manufacture and deal in fiber optic components and systems, etc.
HOLYOKE
Auction N Sold Inc., 395 Maple St., Holyoke 01040. Jonathan G. Giannone, 734 Franklin Ave., Garden City, NY 11530; Jonathan Giannone, 395 Maple St., Holyoke 01040, registered agent. Auction sales via E-bay
Cold River Realty Corp., 330 Whitney Ave., Suite 400, Holyoke 01040. Yves Demers, 9455 108th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32967. Edward Mrozinski, 138 Slate Road, Chicopee 01020, treasurer. To deal in real estate.
New England Radiation Therapy Management Services Inc., 5 Hospital Dr., Hoyloke 01040. Dr. Michael Karin, same. To provide management services in connection with the provision of radiation therapy services.
LUDLOW
Castle Homes Inc., 202 Woodland Circle, Ludlow 01056. Alan J. Coulombe, same. To remodel and build homes.
NORTHAMPTON
BGHP Inc., 150 Main St., Northampton 01060. Philip Hueber, same. Retail sales.
Pioneer Heating and Cooling Inc., 23 Hooker Ave., P.O. Box 531, Northampton 01061. Timothy F. Gochinski, same. To install and repair heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration, etc.
Sabin Starlock Security Inc., 16 Crafts Ave., Northampton 01060. Scott Phaneuf, same. To install and repair locks, security devices, safes, etc.
The Taxi Inc., 1 Roundhouse Plaza, Suite 5, Northampton 01060. Chester L. Krusiewski, same. Taxi service.
PALMER
Andcole Inc., 1037 Thorndike St., Palmer 01069. William P. Michaud, 10 Pheasant Lane, Charlton 01507. To own and operate a restaurant.
SPRINGFIELD
1060 Wilbraham Road Corp., 1060 Wilbraham Road, Springfield 01109. Thomas Dineen, 2 Buckley Road, Wilbraham 01095. To operate a pub/tavern/cafe.
51-59 Taylor Street Inc., 57 Taylor St., Springfield 01103. James
Santinelli, 582 Pinewood Dr., Longmeadow 01106. To deal in real estate.
ACARI Inc., 1795 Main St., Springfield 01103. Kevin Coughlin, same. To manage ACAEI Cranial & Facial imaging LLC.
H.P.G. Enterprises, Ltd., 1 Monarch, Springfield 01144. Ed Borowsky, same. (Foreign corp; DE) To conduct theme and promotional sales in the retail industry.
M G Mortgage Inc., 135 State St., Springfield 01103. Michael S. Amaral, same. Mortgage origination.
Mama’s Retirement Inc., 234 Chestnut St., Springfield 01103. Lynn Marie Merkel, 1115 Page Blvd., Springfield 01104. To own and operate one or more bars, traverns, cabarets, restaurants, etc
Scorpion Enterprises Inc., 91 Fresno St., Springfield 01104. Gregory S. Moran, same. Delivery of packages service.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Kuras Gardens Inc., 961 Morgan Road, West Springfield 01089. Richard M. Kuras, Jr., same. Producer and manufacturer of agricultural products.
WESTFIELD
Country Club Grille Inc., 129 Glenwood Dr., Westfield 01085. Thomas J. Dirico, same. Restaurant.
Hope For Limpopo Inc., 351 West Road, Westfield 01085. Vaughn Churchill, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton 01027. (Nonprofit) To support educational opportunities, training, services, etc., for the Limpopo Province of South Africa, etc.
North East Sand and Stone Inc., 162 Union St., Westfield 01085. John W. Johnson, same. To deal in sand, stone, and gravel.
SFCC Inc., 866 Shaker Road, Westfield 01085. Daniel P. Kotowitz, 66 Zephyr Dr., Westfield 01085. To own and operate a golf course, golf shop, etc.
WILBRAHAM
Cantalini Holdings Inc., 3 Belli Dr., Wilbraham 01095. Christopher
Cantalini, same. To deal in real estate.
WHG Inc., 3 Seneca St., Wilbraham 01095. William H. Goodnow Jr., same. To own and operate a tavern or salon.
The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of May 2005. | |
AGAWAM Bill Spear’s Tree Service Cormier Landscaping Neofit Holistic Studio Day Spa The Pool Guy Rodier Irrigation AMHERST Mura Gifts Studio 112 She’s My Handyman CHICOPEE Don’s Landscaping & Construction Hess Express Wyman Petroleum EAST LONGMEADOW N.E. Consignment Resale Theaterxtreme of Springfield HOLYOKE Holyoke Mini Mart N.E. Color Business Cards Springfield Lunfat Inc. NORTHAMPTON Center for Healthy Bones Drunk Stuntmen On The Level Staples Bros. Plumbing Vegancia SPRINGFIELD Custom Tile & Design Ennis Bell & Assoc. | Grass Roots Landscaping J & L Embroidery La Casa del Reggaenton Mod Enterprises North End Bottle & Can Return Pristine Roofing, Siding & Remdlng. Roy’s Equipment Co. Roy’s Towing Recovery Sales Now! Sroka Home Improvement Wipeout-Painting & Drywall WEST SPRINGFIELD Balise Lexus The Book Market #223 Century Buffet Griffin Tire & Battery Service Karen Charisma Roberts Sizzling Salsa National Amusements Inc. Showcase Straight Stitches West Side Courier WESTFIELD Bethel & Sons Logistics Disaster Relief Entertainment John’s Appliances M.J. Griff Steve’s Land Clean-Up Service |
The following building permits were issued during the month of May 2005.
AMHERST
Amherst Cinema Center Inc.
28 Amity St.
$5,000 — Remove partitions for structural investigation
I.A.T., LLP
51 North Pleasant St.
$2,900 — Repair roof at Judie’s Restaurant
NORTHAMPTON
Danrich Realty Trust Company
225 King St.
$6,000 — Replace non-bearing walls
Hampshire Educational
97 Hawley St.
$10,850 — Construct partitions to create viewing room
Northampton Terminal Associates
Old South Street
$4,685 — Enlarge break room
SPRINGFIELD
Chapin Corner
136-140 Plainfield St.
$22,030 — Upgrade interior
N.E. Surgical Group
101 Chestnut St.
$34,000 — Interior renovations
New Leadership Charter School
Ashland Avenue
$174,729.70 — Install modular classrooms
Verizon Wireless
215 Bicentennial Highway
125 Paridon St.
$2,500 — Replace antennas on tower
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Dr. Robert Matthews
232 Park St.
$200,000 — Renovate existing building
The following business incorporations were recorded in Hampden and Hampshire counties, and are the latest available. They are listed by community.
AGAWAM
Trimboard Inc., 25 Century St., Agawam 01001. David W. Townsend, 227 Farmington Road, Longmeadow 01106. Manufacturing.
AMHERST
Art and Music Games Inc., 70 Columbia Dr., Amherst 01002. Roman Yakub, same. Publisher of art and music software.
Umoja Too Performing Arts Company Inc., 560B Riverglade Dr., Amherst 01002. Tashina Bowman, same. (Nonprofit) To expose children to the performing arts, West African Dance and Drum, Japanese Song, South African Dance and Song, etc.
CHESTERFIELD
Golden Sunset Farm Inc., 103 Bryant St., Chesterfield 01012. Gary W. Wickland, 191 South St., Chesterfield 01012. Dairy farm operation.
CHICOPEE
Economy Transmission Repair Inc., 959 Meadow St., Chicopee 01013. A. Timothy Tetrault, same. Automotive repair services.
Ginka Construction Company Inc., 71 Lambert Ter., Chicopee 01020. Jeanne E. Fleming-Armata, same. General construction.
Iglesia Cristiana Casa De Bios Inc., 454 Grattan St., Chicopee 01020. Miguel A. Jusino, 28 Simard Dr., Chicopee 01013. (Nonprofit) To function as a church, etc.
Min Royal Inc., 1503 Memorial Dr., Chicopee 01020. Shan Min Li, 63 Voss Ave., Chicopee, president, treasurer and secretary. Restaurant (Chinese buffet).
EASTHAMPTON
DiGrigoli Easthampton Inc., 66 Northampton St., Easthampton 01027. Paul DiGrigoli, 6 Westernview Road, Holyoke 01027. Beauty salon and spa services.
EAST LONGMEADOW
G & A Import Auto Repair Inc., 41 Fisher Ave., East Longmeadow 01028. Giovanni Gioiella, 40 Highland Ave., E. Longmeadow 01028. To repair imported automobiles.
GRANBY
Granby Educators’ Association Inc., 393 East State St., Granby 01033. Nancy Karmelek, 17 Sherwood Dr., Belchertown 01007. (Nonprofit) To improve the quality of education for all, advance the socioeconomic well-being of educators, etc.
HAMPDEN
Pamerica Inc., 487 Glendale Road, Hampden 01036. Erica Dwyer, same. The practice of law.
HOLLAND
Holland Elementary Parent Teacher Organization Inc., 28 Sturbridge Rd., Holland 01521. Scarlett Ferrar, same. (Nonprofit) To raise funds to help meet the financial and educational needs of our small school.
HOLYOKE
Healing Waters Family Church Inc., 98 Suffolk St., Holyoke 01010. Mark Thomas, 100 Beacon Ave., Holyoke 01040. (Nonprofit) To operate as a church for the propagation of the Christian faith, etc.
Soxology Inc., 10 Hospital Dr., Suite 306, Holyoke 01040. John J.
Swierzewski, D.P.M., same. To deal in items relative to baseball, history of baseball, online and in print, video and other media.
Worlds Famous Hot Dogs Inc., 1597 Northampton St., Holyoke 01040. Kevin J. Chateauneuf, same. To carry on a restaurant business.
LONGMEADOW
East Longmeadow Grille Inc., 153 Elm St., Longmeadow 01028. Laura L. Lacrosse, same. Diner/restaurant.
LUDLOW
Keloo Inc., 245 East St., Apt. A, Ludlow 01056. Sezgin Turan, same. Food service/restaurant.
NORTH HATFIELD
Dermal Direction Inc., 166 Depot Road, North Hatfield 01066. Marian Ruth Curran, same. Wound care consulting and education.
NORTHAMPTON
J&S Trading Inc., 776 North King St., Northampton 01060. Tariq Javaid, 380D Hatfield St., Northampton 01060. Gasoline and all convenience store items.
PALMER
A Clear Vue Auto Glass Inc., 1219 Thorndike St., Palmer 01069. Kevin C. Samble, 66 Hillside Manor Ave., Vernon, CT 06066. Charles T. Samble, 2 Blacksmith Road, Wilbraham 01095, treasurer. To deal in automobile glass.
SPRINGFIELD
Atlantic Cascade Corp., 1272 Morgan Road, Springfield 01089. Claudia H. Mick, 234 Timpany Blvd., Gardner 01440. Business consulting services.
Blue Planet Enterprises Inc., 904 State St., Springfield 01109. Minerva Willis, 18 Stanhope Rd., Springfield 01109. To deal in clothes, telephones/cell phones, lottery sales and retail management.
Torres Insurance Agency Inc., 2652 Main St., Springfield 01107. Daniel Torres, 20 Lafayette St., Springfield 01109. An insurance brokerage business.
THREE RIVERS
New Future Development Corporation II, 2 Springfield St., Three Rivers 01080. John W. Morrison, 166 Peterson Road, Palmer 01069. General contracting, build homes, sell real estate.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
bdfhklt Inc., 233 Western Ave., West Springfield 01089. Eric J. Wapner, same. Commercial printing.
Center for the Traditional Family Inc., 183 Ashley St., W. Springfield 01089. Dean C. Vogel, Sr., same. (Nonprofit) To provide information regarding the value of the traditional family and marriage for raising children, etc.
MacKenzies Furniture Inc., 1680 Riverdale St., West Springfield 01089. Barbara Spear, 285 Christopher Ter., West Springfield 01089. Retail.
WILBRAHAM
Worldwide Freight Service, Inc., 4 Highridge Road, Wilbraham 01095. Richard Francis Faille, same. Transportation brokerage of freight.
The following building permits were issued during the month of May 2005.
AMHERST
Amherst College Trustees
395 South Pleasant St.
$13,000 — Re-roof
Slobody Development Corp.
479 West St
$8,300 — Renovate hair salon space for re-opening
AGAWAM
Six Flags New England
1623 Main St.
$25,000 — Pour concrete for game unit
EAST LONGMEADOW
Mark Czupryra
135 Denslow St.
$123,500 — Self-storage facility
HOLYOKE
Holyoke Mall LP
50 Holyoke St.
$172,000 — Remodel existing store
NORTHAMPTON
Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc.
30 Locust St.
$57,108 — New offices and storage areas
Hampshire County
222 River Road
$6,238 — Renovations
Seven Bravo Two LLC
152 Cross Path Road
$432,000 — Construct two hangers
SPRINGFIELD
C & W Real Estate Co.
101 State St.
$13,000 — Renovate offices
Mass Mutual
1500 Main St..
$124,674 — Office renovations
WEST SPRINGFIELD
CSK Intermodel
151 Day St.
$25,000 — Erect modular structure
The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of April 2005. | |
AGAWAM Affordable Makovers Celebration Entertainment Main St. Deli Olivera Landscaping S & R Builders AMHERST Equip for less Mystery Train Records CHICOPEE C & C Ventures Ground Zero Recordings McCarthy & Sons EAST LONGMEADOW Chestnut Hill Farm Quilts & Treasures Inc. Unique Choices HOLYOKE Accent Woodworking Hunter Logging & Tree Service Reliable Computer WaWah Kitchen NORTHAMPTON Anything Goes Craig the Psychic.com KNB Computers 3G Images Wood & Dye Works SPRINGFIELD Angel Grocery | Da-V Music G.R. & R.R. Rentals Hong Kong Combo King Limo Transportation Lucy’s Gifts & More N.E. Floor & Janitorial Inc. Outdoor Party Rentals Reiki for Animals Roy’s Shearing & Recycling Roy’s Towing Recycling Services Scott’s Pup Tent Steel Pan Networks WEST SPRINGFIELD All Star Towing Balise Toyota Fathers & Sons Inc. It’s a Good Life Massage Machine Control Engineering O’Connell’s Convenience Plus #38 Verizon Wireless WESTFIELD Al’s Custom Flooring Bill’s Repair Service Genesis Unizex Salon L & M Construction Maxxtone Vivid Hair Salon |
The following building permits were issued during the month of April 2005.
AMHERST
Florence Savings Bank
383 College St.
$26,501 — Fit-out existing space for business use
Wardens/Vestry of Grace Church
14 Boltwood Ave.
$10,800 — Install roof
AGAWAM
Six Flags New England
1623 Main St.
$40,000 — Erect pumphouse
CHICOPEE
Larry Katz
307 Grattan St.
$8,500 — Add lean-to roof
HOLYOKE
Holyoke Mall LP
50 Holyoke St.
$590,000 — Remodel store
NORTHAMPTON
City of Northampton
20 West St.
$189,000 — Cut out and repoint mortar joints
Firehouse Realty Corp.
340 Riverside Dr.
$95,000 — Construct two-story addition
Kollmorgen Corporation
347 King St.
$27,500 — Install emergency generator on roof
Pine Street Enterprises
221 Pine St.
$65,000 — Construct antennas and cables, 12 x 20 shelter
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Big Y
503 Memorial Ave.
$42,000 — Remodel
Recent Tourism Initiatives Beckon
In recent years, this college town has stepped-up its tourism efforts in order to attract a broader range of people from all over the world. Those initiatives have been capitalizing on the town’s strong hospitality infrastructure, which includes several restaurants, unique businesses, and historical and cultural attractions, not to mention the constant draw of the Five Colleges, three of which are located in Amherst UMass, Amherst College, and Hampshire College for prospective students, current students, and their families.
And according to some of the people who keep their fingers on the pulse of Amherst’s tourism industry, the town’s new lease on leisure is working.
John Coull, president of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, said many smaller communities struggle with how, when, and to what extent to market their tourist attractions in order to create the best outcomes and address the appropriate audiences.
Larger or more well known communities can use one major attraction Cooperstown, N.Y., and the Baseball Hall of Fame are an apt example as the base for more expansive tourism initiatives. And Amherst’s reputation as a college town could be viewed as a similar advantage over regions without such a draw.
But as the chamber moved to increase its focus on tourism within Amherst, the search for one main selling point soon ended. Rather, the idea of selling a collection of attractions that would act in collaboration with one another came up again and again between local businesses, other towns, museums, and of course, the local colleges and universities.
"Amherst has a number of small but important attractions," said Coull. "Right now, we are learning how to best group them to create a certain magnetism and attract more visitors. Collaboration is the key to it all."
Strength in Numbers
Coull explained that Amherst’s issues regarding tourism are somewhat unique. For many years, the town has had little trouble attracting visitors; the college community alone beckons thousands of people each year to tour the three institutions, visit current students, or attend commencement ceremonies.
The problem was, he said, that after people arrived in Western Mass., Amherst didn’t do enough to show them everything it, and the entirety of the region, had to offer.
"Parents were coming here for visits and had no idea what else was here to see," he said. "As a town, we really don’t have to find people and say ’hey, why don’t you come here?’ What we do have to do is say ’hey, while you’re here, why don’t you take a look around? Here’s what there is to see.’"
Over the past three years, Coull said the Amherst chamber has worked toward cultivating stronger relationships with area businesses and organizations, as well as Five Colleges Inc., in order to best market Amherst as a destination for many different types of individuals, from students to professionals to retirees. Those relationships, he said, are beginning to yield coveted results: catering to an already strong faction of college-related visitors, but also reminding travelers and day-trippers alike that ’college town’ often equates to ’cultural mecca.’
Several groups have contributed to the development of collaborations in tourism efforts, Coull added, among them PDA (Promoting Amherst Downtown), an affiliate of the chamber comprised of several downtown business owners, that has created a Web site and brochure, while also developing a sample walking tour of downtown Amherst. UMass has also stepped forward; it invited the chamber to become a partner in its ’First Week’ activities, developed to acclimate new students to the area.
Further, the town’s fledgling series of juried art shows has played a key role. ArtShow Amherst, entering its second year this month, has been expanded to include five dates in Amherst and six in Pittsfield, allowing for cross-promotion within the two towns.
There is also Museums 10. This is a recently formed partnership consisting of seven college museums, all located on Five College campuses in Amherst and at nearby Smith College in Northampton and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, as well as two independent Amherst museums the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the National Yiddish Book Center and Historic Deerfield. The group has completed a suite of materials promoting the museums as one cohesive group of attractions.
Carol Angus, director of information and publications for Five Colleges Inc., said Museums 10 was created out of a mutual understanding among the directors and staff of the various museums, as well as Five Colleges at large, that marketing the museums as a whole rather than separately would effectively increase their visibility.
"We’re learning a lot of lessons about the value of collaboration," she said, noting that one such effort has been ongoing with the Amherst chamber. "These college museums have really come of age over the past 10 to 20 years, and while they continue to serve the overall missions of their respective institutions, they are also very valuable collections, and worthy of public view. And the Eric Carle Museum and the Yiddish Book Center are attracting international visitors joining with them shows us how much potential we have."
Angus said often, the very nature of a museum located on a college campus discourages public visitation, and joining forces with independent museums has helped to define Amherst as a prime destination for cultural tourism.
"We realized that this collaboration was an opportunity to do something for our museums, but also to bring tourists into the area," she said, noting that similar partnerships between area museums and organizations have had success in the neighboring Berkshires. "It becomes a benefit for us as well as the community to market the fact that we have something here for everyone art, history, books Ö we are able to appeal to a wide range of audiences."
Efforts to marketing Amherst’s attractions as one package have also included some of the most successful projects the chamber has taken on recently, Coull said.
Just last year, the chamber produced its first professionally designed and printed brochure, listing the many sights to see within the Amherst area. The brochure details all of the area’s historic sites, art museums and galleries, family attractions, entertainment options, educational resources, shopping destinations, parks, nature trails, restaurants, accommodations, and maps, but bundles them all as smaller parts of one destination, not unlike more notable towns and cities that lean heavily on tourism dollars, like Orlando, Fla., and Hershey, Penn.
"The numbers of those brochures significantly diminished very quickly around town," said Coull. "People were happy to see them."
Crowding the Streets
In coming years, Coull and Angus agreed, plans to continue forging relationships with businesses and organizations across Western Mass., and to continue to promote Amherst as a diverse destination for cultural and historical tourism, as well as an eclectic vacation destination for international travelers, will intensify.
"I see Amherst as a mini-city that offers a great combination," said Angus. "We have wonderful places to eat and to stay, we offer an amazing cultural and aesthetic experience, and we have the safety and variety that attracts people to visit and to stay a while. It’s something for everyone."
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He talked about neglected buildings that were falling apart, laboratories that needed new equipment, faculty that needed to be added, and fees that have been consistently increased about 40% over the past four years alone.
The basic message he was sending? That unless something is done unless a major commitment is made to the university the campus will have a very hard time merely maintaining its current levels of quality, let alone becoming the major research center that everyone hopes it can some day become.
We hope the message resonates not only with the higher education committee, but with the full Legislature.
Before we elaborate, we must say that there are plenty of budget priorities in this state and, as Michael Widmar, president of the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation, points out in the opinion piece below, the state is far from being out of the woods when it comes to sound fiscal health.
Indeed, the list of new and existing programs that need a boost in the next few budgets is long and getting longer. It includes new health care initiatives, school building programs, infrastructure projects, capital spending, and a widely supported proposal to fund early childhood education for all children in the Commonwealth.
UMass, and especially its Amherst campus, have a place on this list although the House Ways and Means version of the fiscal ’06 budget, released late last month, does not appear to make the university a priority. That budget plan includes only a $5 million increase for the entire five-campus system, which has an overall budget of $392 million (down from $529 million in 2000). You can do the math, but we’ll do it for you. That’s a mere 1.2%.
The state university needs, and deserves ,much more.
We’ve said many times and as recently as last month, when we came out in support of a recommendation from a task force on higher education to boost spending on state and community colleges and UMass by one-third over the next several years that the Legislature must look upon spending in this area as an investment, not an expense.
Why? There are several reasons, starting with the fact that state schools wind up educating many of those who will eventually live and work in the Commonwealth. But also because these schools, especially UMass and its Amherst campus, are more than seats of higher learning they are drivers of economic development.
If the Pioneer Valley wants to some day move out from under the enormous shadow of Boston and the Route 128 corridor and be a center of job creation, the Amherst campus will be the driving force that makes that happen.
But it can’t handle that assignment when it is fighting to keep its head above ground.
During his testimony before the higher education committee, Lombardi referenced the Old Chapel, the university’s oldest and most photographed building. It’s been closed to the public for six years because it is such deteriorated condition it has been deemed unsafe.
This sad state of affairs is tragic and clearly symbolic of a university in neglect, but the chapel is not the reason why the Legislature needs to ante up and give the Amherst campus a meaningful budget increase.
A boost is needed because if current patterns continue, the university will not only fail to move forward, it will slide back in terms of reputation, research, and the number of quality programs. And if that happens, the state will pay a price.
It’s like Lombardi said; ’the university is at a critical crossroads.’