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Nick Moran, founder of Iron Duke Brewing, is expanding his operation at the Ludlow Mills, making the complex more of a destination.
There are already some good examples of how Westmass with worked with area communities to achieve stated goals, said Daly, citing assistance with managing grants that helped land the Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke and some similar assistance with bringing the Holyoke Community College MGM Culinary Arts Center to reality.
The goal moving forward is to add to the port-
“Westmass has always had some foot in the consulting business, helping communities and developers. But given my background, what I want to bring to the table is really opening
the door for businesses and
communities with economic and
real-estate development projects;
”
folio and become more of a contributing force when it comes to economic development and property reuse in the region.
“Westmass has always had some foot in the consulting business, helping communities and developers,” he explained. “But given my back-
assistance to area communities almost from the start, but under the leadership of Jeff Daley, who took the helm at the agency in the summer of 2019, consulting work has become a much larger part of the business plan for the agency, which is promoting such services more heavily — and in a number of ways.
Like with those those letters, which quickly get to the heart of the matter.
“Every community, no matter its size or com-
plexity, requires an ongoing economic-devel- opment effort to ensure financial stability of
that community,” it reads. “Ideally, through the public-private partnership process, commonly shared economic-development goals can be identified and ultimately achieved. The primary role of Westmass is to manage the entire eco- nomic-development process — from conception to completion — and [be] engaged throughout all stages.”
we’re really ramping things up.
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