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Congratulations
Tara Brewster
on being a finalist for the
40 Under Forty Alumni Achievement Award!
Tara Brewster
Vice President of Business Development, Greenfield Savings Bank
Tara Brewster likes to refer to herself as a “recovering entrepreneur.”
She uses that phrase to describe everything from how
she can’t fully unplug while on vacation (which she was when talking with BusinessWest) to life in general after she and partner Candace Connors sold the clothing store they created, Jackson & Connor, in 2013.
She has spent the years since ... well, recovering from a thor- oughly enjoyable time running her own business and essentially deciding what comes next for someone with entrepreneurial energy still to be tapped and a deep commitment to serving the community.
“COVID really took off my rose-colored glasses and put on some pretty intense eyeglasses from which I now view a lot of the work that I do, how we are in the community, how we treat each other, and who has the mic.”
Actually, many things have ‘come next,’ from some work in consulting to her current assignment as vice president of Busi- ness Development for Greenfield Savings Bank (GSB); from a wide range of work within the community, especially in Hamp- shire County, to something new and completely different — her own radio show.
Indeed, Brewster recently succeeded Ira Bryck as the host of theweeklyWesternMass.BusinessShowonWHMP.Shestarted only a few months ago and
admits to still being in the pro-
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