Tech Goes Home, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit, recently received a $30,000 grant from Comcast to expand digital skills programming in Holyoke and Springfield. The grant brings Comcast’s total 2024 commitment to supporting TGH’s digital inclusion efforts to $130,000.
TGH was chosen as one of three nonprofits to receive funding from Comcast’s Project Up initiative, which aims to advance digital equity through community partnerships. The award will help TGH expand its offerings in Holyoke and Springfield, where it will work with community partners — including schools, libraries, and nonprofits — to support a network of local instructors and provide learners with a laptop or tablet, no-cost internet access and 15 hours of digital skills training.
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Bay Path University partners with Latino Economic Development Corp. to launch Latino Professional Leadership Institute. Bay Path President Sandra Doran and founder of the corporation, Andrew Melendez, formalized the partnership between the university and the Springfield-based nonprofit to launch the Latino Professional Leadership Institute at a signing ceremony that was held on Bay Path’s Longmeadow campus.
The institute will offer 10-week courses three times a year to aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners from the Latino community, focusing on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, operational efficiency, marketing strategies and other business topics. These non-credit, bilingual courses will be taught by Bay Path instructors and will provide learners with an introduction to a college-level business curriculum.
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Excel Dryer Inc. in East Longmeadow recently received Sustainable Product Awards as part of the 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for its ThinAir Hand Dryer and the D|VERSE Sink System featuring the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer. Both products feature electrostatic HEPA filtration. The SEAL Sustainable Product Award honors innovative and impactful products that are “purpose-built” for a sustainable future.
The ThinAir Hand Dryer can conserve space without sacrificing drying time while eliminating paper waste.
The D|VERSE Sink System is a collaboration between high-end commercial product designer D|13 Group and Excel Dryer.
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Baystate Health awarded $26,000 in scholarship money to 24 local students pursuing health care careers at an event in Springfield.
The recipients have participated in the Baystate Springfield Educational Partnership and are attending college in the fall. They will be attending colleges such as UMass Amherst, Springfield College, and Boston College, and are interested in pursuing career paths including medicine, nursing, pharmacy and psychology.
BSEP’s mission is to cultivate a health care workforce in Springfield that mirrors the diversity of the community.
Funded by Baystate Health’s Community Benefits Program, these scholarships have awarded nearly $800,000 to BSEP students and alumni to date.
Baystate Health has hired over 500 BSEP alumni, with the majority working in clinical and administrative support, allied health, nursing, and graduate medical education roles. Of these 500, 287 alumni continue to be a part of the Baystate Health team.
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Everest Recovery Centers in Ludlow is open and treating new patients. Its clinic provides outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder.
The clinic, at 14 Chestnut Place, Everest Recovery’s first location in Massachusetts and third clinic overall.
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The Springfield Thunderbirds and MGM Springfield announced a multi-year extension of their sponsorship agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, MGM Springfield will continue to serve as the T-Birds Presenting Sponsor for an additional five seasons. MGM Springfield has been the Thunderbirds’ Presenting Partner since the club’s inception in June 2016.
Beyond their advertising presence inside the MassMutual Center, MGM Springfield’s partnership includes the sponsorship of the T-Bird’s Friday Pregame Concert Series, Deuces Wild Friday concession specials, and the season-opening and season-ending block parties. In 2019, for the first time in Springfield AHL history, the city hosted a sold-out, two-day AHL All-Star Classic. This was largely due to the efforts of MGM Springfield, which hosted numerous events as Presenting Partner for the weekend’s activities.
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The Jubinville Insurance Group, based in South Hadley with clients in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties, recently partnered with Wheeler & Taylor Insurance, the oldest independent insurance agency in Berkshire County.
The firm will continue operating with its current staff and management at its 39 Lamb St. location.
Wheeler & Taylor has 11 offices in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. They include six partner insurance agencies in the Berkshires from Great Barrington to North Adams plus nearby Canaan, Connecticut. In the Pioneer Valley and Hamden County, it has four partner agencies from Feeding Hills to Greenfield.
The partner agencies are all keeping their names, individual identities, staff, and community involvement.
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Ludlow Town Administrator Marc Strange has announced that the “Get Lost in Ludlow” website is now live. The website, www.getlostinludlow.com, provides a comprehensive look at what the Town of Ludlow has to offer, including the town’s history, things to do, upcoming events, town news and more.
For local businesses, the site can be used as a resource to promote businesses and events. Business owners can submit their business information and upcoming events to be featured on the website on the “Things to Do” and “Events” pages.
From the site’s homepage, users can access Get Lost in Ludlow on Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn and Facebook to view more content and updates.
Visitors can also subscribe to receive town news via email.
