BusinessTalk with Kara Bombard, president of the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield
If she could redo her 20s, Kara Bombard says she would have become involved with the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield much earlier than she did, because the relationships she has buil...
6 Mai 202420min
BusinessTalk with FCCDC Executive Director John Waite and Communications Director Kate Lawless
Franklin County Community Development Corp. (FCCDC) boasts a long history of stimulating the region’s economy in myriad ways, in particular providing business-development education, access to capital,...
29 Apr 202421min
BusinessTalk with Angela Park, president of Springfield Performing Arts Ventures Inc.
It’s called 52 Sumner. That’s a street address in Springfield, but it’s also an intriguing new addition to the arts landscape in Western Mass. — an event space created in the former Faith United Churc...
22 Apr 202419min
BusinessTalk with Tara Brewster, vice president of Business Development and director of Philanthropy at Greenfield Savings Bank
Tara Brewster has come a long way from her years in the world of men’s clothing. Over the past several years as vice president of Business Development and director of Philanthropy at Greenfield Saving...
15 Apr 202422min
BusinessTalk with Chris Freeman, executive director of Parlor Room Collective
In 1979, the Iron Horse Music Hall opened inside a nondescript storefront on Center Street in Northampton — and launched four decades of music and memories. After it was shuttered a few years ago, the...
8 Apr 202420min
BusinessTalk with Delcie Bean, owner of Paragus Strategic I.T.
When BusinessWest celebrates its Difference Makers class of 2024 on April 10, one of the honorees will be Delcie Bean, who has been a fixture in the region’s IT space for the past two decades — and ha...
1 Apr 202419min
BusinessTalk with Mary Kay Wydra, president of the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tourism is critical to the economic energy of Western Mass. — it’s often the first experience people have with the region, and can be a strong factor in whether they want to move or work here. And the...
25 Mar 202421min
BusinessTalk with Sarah Tsitso, executive director of the Forest Park Zoo
Today’s zoos — the best ones, anyway — have come a long way from what they used to be, and the Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center is a prime example, honing over the years its focus on education,...
18 Mar 202422min
