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Looking At Market Square: Toward A Development Concept For Chicopee Center, Center For Economic Development
Looking At Market Square: Toward A Development Concept For Chicopee Center, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This report presents a series of marketing and economic development strategies for the central business district in Chicopee Center known as the Market Square area. The City of Chicopee, along with the cities of Holyoke and Springfield, is part of the urban center of the Pioneer Valley region. Like many older industrial cities, and like many cities with a small downtown area, Chicopee finds its economic fortunes at an ebb. Although Chicopee is certainly not a city in distress, it is believed that steps should be taken to ensure that the Market Square area does not slip into serious decline. …
New England Green Technology Project, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
New England Green Technology Project, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This report takes a look at the global market for green technology then focuses in on the six states that make up New England. It then takes a brief look at the history and the driving forces of the green technology In New England. Finally it compiles a list of foundations that meet the criteria set forth by the Center for Green Technology.
A Community Diagnostic From A Planning Perspective Holyoke, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Community Diagnostic From A Planning Perspective Holyoke, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This study seeks to examine and undertake a diagnostic of the City of Holyoke , a community in Western Massachusetts. The research will employ field visits, interviews, report reading, and library research in an attempt to shed light on certain key planning issues such as, planning tools, downtown, industry, affordable housing, community character, fiscal matters, environmental problems, financial control, and political stability. Each issue will be critically examined in order to better assess the strengths and weaknesses of the community, Finally, this study will conclude with a general overview of Holyoke and list some suggestions related to planning professionally in …