Way Finders, PVPC to Host Hampden County Housing Conversation on March 18

HOLYOKE — Hampden County faces urgent housing challenges, but also meaningful opportunities. Hampden County residents, leaders, and business owners are invited to join the Hampden County Housing Conversation on Wednesday, March 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Click here to register.

The event will take place in Room 301 of the Kittredge Business Center at Holyoke Community College, and dinner is included. Guests include Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia; Kimberly Robinson, executive director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; Way Finders President and CEO Keith Fairey; and Kerry Spitzer, senior research manager from the UMass Donahue Institute.

Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The program starts at 6 p.m. and will include presentations, a Q&A session, and a facilitated conversation on housing strategies for the region, including input for the next Hampden County Regional Housing Plan being written by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.