small business Archives — Connecting Point

Visit a Repair Public workshop in Easthampton, where the local organization teaches people how to fix common household items.

Repair Public Teaches How to Fix Household Items

By WGBY / Apr 3, 2019 / No Comments

Have you ever had something in your house that suddenly stops working, and you can’t figure out how to fix it? Most people will try, …

E-For-All Holyoke Director Tessa Murphy-Romboletti shares how the organization supports small businesses and entrepreneurship in the Paper City.

E-For-All Holyoke Encourages Entrepreneurship in the Paper City

By WGBY / Mar 27, 2019 / No Comments

Entrepreneurship for All is a non-profit organization with locations throughout Massachusetts that give small business owners tools that they can use to grow their business. …

Learn how the western Mass chapter of Business Among Moms helps women small business owners grow their businesses while balancing their home life.

Business Among Moms Supports Women Small Business Owners

By WGBY / Feb 26, 2019 / No Comments

Being a business owner presents challenges but owning a business while juggling motherhood has a whole host of additional challenges, as well as opportunities. Business …

Retail Association of MA's Jon Hurst and small business owner Judy Herrell discuss the impact the new health care fee will have on small businesses.

Health Care Fee for Massachusetts Businesses

By WGBY / Dec 26, 2018 / No Comments

Addressing rising health care costs is a challenge for politicians, families and businesses. In 2017, a passed to implement the Employer Medical Assistance Contribution Supplement, …

Senator Don Humason and Judy Herrell from Herrell's Ice Cream in Northampton advised the Massachusetts Senate Retail Task Force on the needs of small businesses in western Mass. Carolee McGrath sat down with Humason and Herrel to learn more about the challenges Massachusetts businesses face in 2018.

Massachusetts Senate Retail Task Force Advisors

By WGBY / Jun 12, 2018 / No Comments

The Massachusetts Senate Retail Task Force was formed to help businesses prosper in the Commonwealth. The task force held regional meetings with local business owners …

Thanks to a state grant program subsidy, small and mid-sized Massachusetts companies will be able to access the cutting-edge facilities at the UMass Institute for Applied Life Sciences for their own projects.

UMass Institute for Applied Life Sciences Grants for Massachusetts Businesses

By WGBY / May 2, 2018 / No Comments

The UMass Institute for Applied Life Sciences is a rarity in western Massachusetts: it’s a $150 million facility where education and industry work, sometimes in …

With a goal of revitalizing downtown Holyoke, MA, SPARK (Stimulating, Potential, Accessing, Resource & Knowledge) has been helping entrepreneurs launch small businesses in the Paper City. Director Tessa Murphy-Romboletti talks about the progress SPARK has made bringing businesses back to the city.

Revitalizing Downtown Holyoke with SPARK

By WGBY / Mar 7, 2018 / No Comments

With a goal of revitalizing downtown Holyoke, SPARK (Stimulating, Potential, Accessing, Resource & Knowledge) has been helping entrepreneurs launch small businesses in the Paper City. …

Common Capital’s Local Investment-Shared Future

By WGBY / May 8, 2017 / No Comments

Chris Sikes, CEO at Common Capital, discusses Common Capital’s mission to help local people gain the financial support to start businesses under the motto: “Local …

Visit Brattleboro, VT's In the Moment Records, to find out why playing music on old school vinyl records is surviving and thriving in the digital media age.

Making It Here: In the Moment Records

By WGBY / Apr 24, 2017 / No Comments

Saturday, April 22 was Record Store Day, a celebration of independent record stores who help to keep the tradition of playing music on vinyl alive …

Based in Easthampton, MA, Julie Tuman's Crooked Sticks Pops focuses on providing fresh, healthy, and uniquely flavored ice pops.

Making It Here: Crooked Stick Pops

By WGBY / Mar 27, 2017 / No Comments

After considering several business ventures in the food and beverage industry, Julie Tuman realized that the Valley was already saturated with bakeries, bars and restaurants, …