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Community Spotlight As executive director of the Northampton Chamber of Commerce, Vince Jackson spends a lot of time talking to business owners, and what he hears is generally optimistic — […]
Make the Right Choice The Internal Revenue Service today reminds taxpayers that carefully choosing a tax professional to prepare a tax return is vital to ensuring that their personal and […]
Introducing This Year’s Class For 16 years now, BusinessWest has been recognizing and celebrating the work of individuals, groups, businesses, and institutions through its Difference Makers program, with one goal […]
Holyoke Conceptualizes Olympic-style Sports Complex Cesar Ruiz admits that the first time he and Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia discussed the notion of bringing a sports complex to the Paper […]
Turning Ideas into Reality Ina Clark recalls her experience working for the Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, which was not a job performed in a vacuum. “You’re not […]
Potential Tax Relief By Kristina Drzal Houghton, CPA This article, written on Feb. 2, highlights the U.S. House of Representatives’ Jan. 31 passage of the Tax Relief for American Families […]
Weathering the Storms As she talked with BusinessWest, Lynn Gray and her staff were gearing up for February school vacation. It’s always a busy time at the Holyoke Mall, which […]
Gone but Not Forgotten Elena Palladino recalls that, when she and her husband first walked through their stately white home in Ware, they noted that some of the pieces […]
They’re Keeping Music Alive in New Ways for Future Generations Beth Welty said the musicians just wanted to play. With the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s leadership and musicians locked in […]
President and CEO, Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services She Wants to Galvanize a Community to Effect Positive Change For her 12th birthday, Shannon Rudder didn’t want a present from […]
They’ve Made the Mayflower Marathon a Community Tradition Mike Baxendale, the on-air personality known to all simply as Bax, says it started as a radio promotion. But it quickly […]
CEO, Keiter He’s Building on a Tradition of Giving Back to the Community Scott Keiter has made the construction company that bears his name one of the fastest-growing ventures in […]
Co-founders, Feed the Kids They Decided to Do Something … and Not Just Write a Check It all started with a story on National Public Radio in 2017, one with […]
Executive Director, Franklin Regional Council of Governments In Small Towns, She Makes a Big Difference When asked what she likes about her work — and she must like it because […]
CEO, Paragus Strategic I.T. His Big Goals Promise a Big Impact for Employees, the Region, and Beyond Delcie Bean had been repairing computers as a side gig from schoolwork […]
