Business & Economic Development
Business & Economic Development
Merrill Gagne knew his $10,000 matching investment in a Franklin County gift card promotion last year — making each $25 card worth $50 at participating stores, restaurants, and other businesses […]
Gearing Up It’s called a ‘20 Group.’ It’s a collection of 20 non-competing auto dealers with similar business models who gather several times a year to exchange ideas and share […]
Driving Change As he talked about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it’s being used by the auto sales industry, Rob Pion chose to first discuss consumers — and the […]
Women in the Workplace McKinsey & Company and leanin.org recently released the 11th annual Women in the Workplace report, the largest and most comprehensive study on the state of […]
A Change Underway By Jeffrey Liguori Human behavior is to become less cautious as markets trend higher. That tendency is fraught with risk, especially as the complexion of the […]
Why Wait? By Patricia M. Matty, AIF For decades, inheritance was a term associated with the end of a life — a final transfer of assets triggered by a […]
Orchestrating Change Heather Caisse-Roberts never gets tired of seeing people enjoy the symphony. “I think one of the most gratifying things for me has been watching individuals’ perception of the […]
A Defining Shift Is Happening Right Here in Western Mass. By Patricia Grenier, CFP Something significant is happening in the world of wealth — and it’s not just on […]
Watch to see more from Brian Canina: Clouding the Issue The Forecast Calls for … More Uncertainty It’s called the ‘quits rate.’ As that name suggests, it represents the number […]
Surveying the Landscape Beyond the big-picture context provided by regional business leaders in the lead story on page 4, how do individual business and nonprofit leaders in Western Mass. see […]
Finding a Way Home By Jeffrey Liguori In many ways, the U.S. economy is still dealing with the effects of the global financial crisis of almost two decades ago. It […]
Lessons Learned Ty Vinick says his grandfather, the late Jim Vinick, had been “training me my whole life.” That’s not surprising to anyone who knew Jim, the former managing director […]
Super 60 Honorees Impact Region in Many Ways Dozens of area companies will be honored by the Springfield Regional Chamber in its 36th annual Super 60 Awards Program. This year, […]
Current Events Eversource and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recently commemorated a milestone in Massachusetts’ ongoing energy transition with the ceremonial installation of a smart electric meter. […]
Changing the Narrative Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia was named a finalist for the Mayor of the Year Award, presented by the Northeast Renewable Energy Coalition (NREC), in recognition of his […]





