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TOP ENTREPRENEURS 2022
Benson Hyde and Bruce McAmis Make Provisions
a Regional Success Story
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VOLUME 39 NUMBER 20
DEPARTMENTS
OPINION...10
PICTURE THIS...38
COURT DOCKETS...40
AGENDA...41
CHAMBER CORNERS...41
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...42
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...43
INCORPORATIONS...46
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...46
BANKRUPTCIES...47
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...47
BUILDING PERMITS...50
Features
OPENING THE DOORS WIDER
Community Foundation’s New Leader Focuses on Equitable Economic Mobility..........................................4
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Chicopee’s Business Community Is Large, Diverse .... 8
Top Entrepreneurs 2022
GRAPE EXPECTATIONS
Benson Hyde and Bruce McAmis Make Provisions a Regional Success Story..................................................12
Education
LOOKING BACK —
AND AHEAD
Outgoing HCC President Makes Strides on Everything from Food Insecurity to ... Pickleball ......................................... 18
IT’S NOT SIMPLY
ACADEMIC
Amid Enrollment
Challenges, Colleges Stress Culture, Student Support.... ............................................................................................ 21
CHANGE IN THE MAKING
Hampshire College Capital Campaign Aims to Build a Stable Future....................................................................23
Employment >>
HOME SWEET HOME
As Employers Fret over Remote Work, Hybrid Schedules May Be Here to Stay ....................................26
COLLABORATING FOR THE COMMUNITY
Springfield WORKS Continues to Break Down Barriers... ............................................................................................29
Cannabis
AFTER THE
GREEN RUSH
As Competition Depresses Profits, What’s Next for the Cannabis Industry?........................ 31
BEYOND ‘IF YOU
BUILD IT, THEY
WILL COME’
New Bay State Cannabis Entities Must Revisit Their Plans...............................35
SEE: LIST OF COLLEGES >>PAGE 25
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