Community Profiles

Enfield Continues to Diversify Its Profile

Community Spotlight While Laurie Whitten doesn’t think the recent opening of MGM Springfield, a few miles north over the Massachusetts border, is a negative, neither is she convinced the incoming […]

Lenox Looks to Further Boost Quality of Life

Community Spotlight As its town manager, Christopher Ketchen is certainly bullish on Lenox. “If you’re moving to the Berkshires, Lenox has clearly got to be on your radar for many […]

West Side’s Story is About Maximizing its Assets

Community Spotlight Like just about everyone else in this region, Will Reichelt has circled August 24 on all his calendars. That’s the day MGM Springfield opens, as most everyone knows, […]

Wilbraham Strives for a Healthy Balance

Community Spotlight: Wilbraham Being pro-business, Jeff Smith says, doesn’t mean letting just any business set up shop in Wilbraham — but it does mean giving every business a fair shake. […]

Community Connections Energize Easthampton

Community Spotlight As executive director of the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce, Moe Belliveau has a good view of what has become one of the region’s more unique and energetic […]

Agawam’s New Mayor Focuses on Big Picture

Community Spotlight Very soon after William Sapelli announced he would be retiring as Agawam’s superintendent of schools — ending four decades of work in education — people started suggesting that […]

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Ludlow’s Mill Project Is Right on Schedule

Community Spotlight Eric Nelson said he recently had cause to look over the occupancy permit issued to Westmass Area Development Corp. for the property now known as Ludlow Mills. The […]

Northampton Energized by Its Lively Downtown

Community Spotlight Northampton’s downtown, Amy Cahillane says, is nothing if not eclectic. “We have a great mix of businesses,” said the director of the Downtown Northampton Assoc., a two-year-old organization […]

Greenfield’s Downtown Gaining Momentum

Community Spotlight Greenfield Mayor William Martin acknowledged that it isn’t exactly a scientific measure of either his downtown’s vibrancy or the efficiency of his long-term strategic plan for the central […]

South Hadley Aims to Become a Destination

Community Spotlight When Andy Yee talks about South Hadley, he speaks from experience. All kinds of experience. He grew up there, went to high school there, lives there still, and […]

South Hadley Aims to Become a Destination

Community Spotlight When Andy Yee talks about South Hadley, he speaks from experience. All kinds of experience. He grew up there, went to high school there, lives there still, and […]

Deerfield Strives to Be More Than a Tourist Town

Community Spotlight Wendy Foxmyn acknowleged that, when pressed to describe Deerfield with a word or two, most responders would say ‘tourist town,’ or something to that effect. And, sounding somewhat […]

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Home Values Drive Economy in Longmeadow

Community Spotlight In a town where more than 95% of all property is residential, economic development isn’t about attracting a flood of new businesses to town — if only because […]

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Businesses Connect and Grow at the Orange Innovation Center

Hive of Activity The movement toward innovation centers and collaborative maker spaces might be hot right now across Western Mass., but the Orange Innovation Center was on the cutting edge […]

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GCC’s Bob Pura Made the Community-college Mission a Career

Living the Dream Bob Pura couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head as he talked about it. And that’s because the whole idea of it was so, well, foreign […]