Springfield Residents Urged to Show up and Be Heard at Neighborhood and Citywide Meetings Rebuild Springfield Planning Meetings begin week of October 11 Springfield, Mass., October 6, 2011-Rebuild Springfield, an initiative of DevelopSpringfield and the Springfield Redevelopment Authority, kicks into high gear with the first series of three neighborhood meetings during the week of October 10th, followed by a citywide meeting on Saturday morning, October 15th. Residents and stakeholders are...
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SAVE THE DATE – Saturday, Nov 5 Register Today and Save! $25 Early Registration fee until Oct 14 $10 Scholarships (Students and others) Includes lunch & Free child care Creating Greenfield’s Future Our Food, Economy, and Community Sat, Nov 5, 8:30am-4:30pm Greenfield Community College, Main Campus A forum for citizens, students and business leaders to discuss: How do we make good local food affordable? How do we develop a sustainable local economy? How do we enhance our health...
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It’s not yet clear what disaster assistance may be available to farmers and even when it is, how much of their losses will be covered. We are regularly updating our post-Irene information page for farmers. If you would like to contribute, see here for a list of funds that may provide some help to some farmers. Despite the damage to farms in low-lying areas, most farms in the region have a bounty of crops available. Even many farms that flooded only lost crops in some fields....
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Bob Pura, President, Jeff Marques, head of physical plant, discuss Greenfield Community College geothermal project on Congressman John Olver’s website at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnAldZKaxM. Note the peace flag in the background!
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PRESS RELEASE: Springfield area community and labor leaders from fourteen organizations have formed the Community-Labor Rebuilding Coalition to focus on good jobs for local workers as part of the planning and projects in response to the June tornados, and beyond. The Coalition advocates for local people to get jobs with good pay and benefits, doing work that the community needs, with solid long-term community benefits. Coalition members have attended Citizen Advisory Council meetings, are...
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On August 26, our farm was destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. The level of the Connecticut River rose and flooded our farmer incubator site and youth garden with water potentially contaminated with e.Coli and mercury. We host 13 migrant and refugee farmers that cultivate specialty crops from the caribbean and many of their plants used for seed saving were destroyed as well. Our plan of action includes testing the site and pursuing disaster relief funds. We are also trying to...
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Please join us for GreenWork’s first Annual Meeting Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Noon Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council 640 Page Blvd., Springfield Lunch will be served. Learn more about what GreenWork is up to and how you can contribute to GreenWork’s effort to create a “high road” green economy in western Massachusetts. Please RSVP by October 20, to Mary Vogel at maryvogel@builtbest.org GreenWork consists of advocates for a Green Economy which serves local...
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Do you have a “wish list” business issue that you just don’t have time to work on? Are you tired of the same issue and want a different perspective into a solution? Are you facing a challenge and want the opinion of creative, experienced and informed professionals and MBAs? NetImpact UMass and NAWMBA UMass are actively seeking businesses and startups who would be interested in presenting their own real-life challenge for small collaborative workshopping by participants in our...
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Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are Farm & Food Entrepreneurship in the Pioneer Valley Registration is Now Open for the PVGrows Fall Forum – Oct 27 Where are the business opportunities in the new local food economy? What role do entrepreneurs play in a healthy food system? Who provides the financing and investment? How can we support the growth of both for-profit and not-for-profit entrepreneurship? Join us for an interactive session about the future of our Pioneer Valley...
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Real Pickles Joins the Greenfield 10% Challenge GREENFIELD, MA – Last week Real Pickles, in Greenfield, MA, joined the Greenfield 10% Challenge. Dan Rosenberg, co-owner of Real Pickles gave Nancy Hazard of the Greening Greenfield Energy Committee, a tour of their new facility to learn what they had done to reduce their energy use by at least 10%. “I was amazed at Dan’s commitment, attention to detail and what he has been able to do with constrained finances.” Dan’s philosophy is to live...
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