Community Profiles
Community Profiles
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Regional Chamber (SRC) is seeking nominations for its annual Super 60 awards program. Super 60 recognizes the success of the fastest-growing and privately owned businesses in […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Roughly 60 years ago, McGill Hose and Coupling opened on Benton Drive in East Longmeadow. About six months ago, it moved into a new building […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Jennifer Nacht describes the beginning of the summer season in Lenox as a light switch that clicks on to a time of “happy mayhem.” […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris In some ways Hadley is a tale of two communities. One is a small farming town, known locally — and even beyond — for its […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Four months into his new job, Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe says he loves his work. “I’m able to make an impact in areas that I […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris If business openings are any indication, Amherst is poised for a strong rebound from a pandemic that has been very rough on its mostly […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Three years ago, when Ryan McNutt took the job as Palmer’s town manager, he observed that, when people entered town from Mass Pike exit 8 […]
Getting Reconnected While the past two years haven’t exactly been kind to co-working spaces, Jeff Sauser said, the long-term view is much rosier. “COVID has really accelerated the trend […]
Lighting the Way Yankee Candle has long been a national and even global powerhouse in the scented-candle business, but the company will always have special appeal in Western […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris When it comes to her city, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner takes the long view. “In five years or less,” she said, “you will not recognize Main […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Deerfield is one busy town these days. Residents there are engaged in 22 different boards and committees planning several ambitious projects to better […]
Holyoke Looks to Build on the Momentum from Cannabis, Entrepreneurship Joshua Garcia, Holyoke’s first Puerto Rican mayor and a lifelong resident of this historic community, says that, in many […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Like most area communities, Agawam continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, while also making plans for the day when it is history. That sentiment […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris As the pandemic enters its third year of disrupting life as we knew it, the business community in Lee continues to manage the disruptions of […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris As 2022 begins, Gina-Louise Sciarra starts the new year as Northampton’s new mayor. As she settles into the job, the city faces big opportunities […]
