NORTHAMPTON — Following up on a campaign promise, Mayor David J. Narkewicz has named an 11-member economic development commission to guide his decision-making when it comes to business growth and retention in the city. The commission, which will be advisory in nature, draws ambassadors from a number of different economic sectors — banking and finance, [...]

By MARY SERREZE NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire Superior Court Justice Cornelius J. Moriarty ruled on Thursday that city economic development director Teri Anderson is not exempt from public records law when it comes to her communication with the Three County Fairgrounds Redevelopment Corporation. Anderson was until recently a voting member of the corporation’s board of directors. [...]

Teri Anderson, after 25 years in the public sector, eleven working for the City of Northampton, has accepted a position with Common Capital, a regional non-profit economic development organization. NORTHAMPTON — City Economic Development Director Teri Anderson will leave her post in mid-January to take the newly-created position of Business Development Director at Common Capital, [...]

HOLYOKE — Governor Deval Patrick said Tuesday that Massachusetts shouldn’t sit back and wait for conditions to improve, but make bold moves now to create the 21st-century economy. “We have to be about building our own future — inventing our own destiny — not sitting around waiting and whining about how tough it is!” proclaimed [...]

The day after Kollmorgen listed its 5-acre King Street parcel for $4 million, the U.S. Defense Department announced it had awarded the Electro-Optical Division a $41.2 million contract for a new generation of submarine masts.   NORTHAMPTON – Sixty years ago last month, the Kollmorgen Realty Corp. bought a 5-acre parcel on King Street for [...]

NORTHAMPTON – The state’s top economic development officer swooped into the city yesterday, smiling as he promised a $1.125-million state grant to upgrade a sewer pump station where the city handles wastewater from the Coca-Cola plant, which plans to start producing two new fruit juice products next year. The media event took place in a [...]

NORTHAMPTON – The state’s top economic development officer swooped into the city yesterday, smiling as he promised a $1.125-million state grant to upgrade a sewer pump station where the city handles wastewater from the Coca-Cola plant, which plans to start producing two new fruit juice products next year.   The media event took place in [...]

NORTHAMPTON – Hours after the City Council voted Thursday night to spend $1.5 million upgrading an sewer pump station that serves the city’s industrial park, the Atlanta-based Coca Cola Company gave the final OK for its planned expansion of the firm’s plant here. The announcement did not come from officials in City Hall or from [...]

NORTHAMPTON – Plans for a 26,000 square-foot medical office complex on Atwood Drive, called Northwood Development, have been filed with state environmental regulators, triggering the start of what could be lengthy reviews by city and state officials. The project calls for construction of two three-story medical office buildings on the south side of Atwood Drive [...]

A revised development plan for the grounds of the former Northampton State Hospital will require no environmental impact report, ruled Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles on April 9. The new plan for the development called Village Hill “reflects current development opportunities and market conditions,” wrote Bowles in his decision (pdf). The original master [...]

In the wake of the shuttering earlier this year of three Northampton Catholic churches, City Hall is looking to return to the tax rolls those church properties as well as the closed parish church in Leeds, which together have a total assessed value of more than $8 million. If the plan gathers momentum, the city [...]

A similar, much larger tax deal fizzled in 1997 when Coke missed promised hiring goals. NORTHAMPTON – A small but significant property tax break for the Coca-Cola proposed plant expansion here is one giant step closer to reality after the City Council voted 8-0 on a first reading for the measure March 4. A second [...]

The Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) on December 23 ruled that the Three County Fairground Redevelopment Corporation need not file a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in order to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). The state’s decision can be downloaded here. The 51-acre Three County Fairgrounds [...]