Business & Economic Development
Business & Economic Development
Merry, Scary, and Coming Soon If you enjoy all those Christmas movies the Hallmark Channel cranks out every holiday season, you can thank Joany Kane for her part in that. […]
Reconfigured Program Recognizes Businesses, Nonprofits in Five Categories After almost 40 years, Super 60 was in need of a change. This year, it got one. The Springfield Regional Chamber revamped […]
Planning Is the Key By Barbara Trombley, CPA Does anyone like to pay taxes? Most of my clients tolerate paying taxes like eating their least-favorite vegetables. They are difficult to […]
Unpacking the Controversy Presented by Jay Durand The topic of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has become increasingly popular over the last two to three years, sparking many discussions […]
A New Chapter By John S. Gannon, Esq. Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision altering the standard used to determine whether employer handbook policies […]
Critical Conversations It’s easy to tell when someone is struggling with asthma, Krista Mazzuca said. “If I come to work with bad asthma, you see me breathing hard. My […]
A Leap Well-taken As her boutique marketing firm celebrates 10 years in business this year, Meghan Rothschild can’t help but recall the doubts that crept in before she made […]
What’s Next for Cannabis? By the time Payton Shubrick opened the doors to 6 Brick’s Cannabis Dispensary in Springfield last fall, she was well aware of how challenging the business […]
Applying Lessons As the staffing and recruiting company she launched in 2013, the MH Group, celebrates 10 years in business, Nicole Polite explained that her path wasn’t always in the […]
Getting a Taste of the Region Deborah Christakos has spent most of her adult life in the food business — or several businesses, to be more precise. Trained in France, […]
Creating a ‘Time Machine’ You’ll need more than a glance to take in, and fully appreciate, the mural being created on the south-facing wall of the old Skyplex Building […]
Art and Soul Double Edge Theatre isn’t the easiest organization to describe. Or, perhaps more accurately, it’s not an entity that lends itself to one obvious description. And that’s a […]
Power Play Gary Rome understands the appeal of electric vehicles. Start with the long-term fuel savings. At a time when gas still costs around $3.50 per gallon, he […]
A Legacy of Caring, Getting Involved It’s been more than 30 years since the incident just outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Springfield, but Nate Johnson […]
Who Bears the Brunt? One common rationale against climate action is that the resulting fossil-fuel investment losses could affect the retirement or long-term savings of a vast number of […]
