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A new award has been created in memory of Tim Brennan, who led the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for decades.
The “Tim Brennan Exemplar Award” will go to a Pioneer Valley organization that serves the community while adapting to changing economic and cultural landscapes.
Brennan was the executive director of the regional planning agency from 1980 until his retirement in 2019. He died in March 2020.
Unable to publicly laud his accomplishments at the time of his death because of COVID-19, his friends and colleagues decided to create the award in his honor.
The award is co-sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts.
New award for nonprofits, businesses named for late regional planner Tim Brennan
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Published: 5/10/2021 11:42:01 AM
NORTHAMPTON A new award established in honor of the late Tim Brennan, who led the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) for decades, will recognize local organizations that serve the community while adapting to shifting cultural and economic environments.
With the Tim Brennan Exemplar Award, PVPC and the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts intend to honor Brennan, whose former colleagues say dedicated his adult life to public service, as well as non-profits and businesses that share his values.
After nearly 50 years with PVPC including almost 40 years as its executive director Brennan died in March 2020 at age 73, just several months after his retirement.
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts honor the late Tim Brennan; seek nominees for Exemplar Award
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SPRINGFIELD Even though Tim Brennan would have wanted to step back from the spotlight, colleagues from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts have created an award honoring of the man they remember as the “face and voice for the region.”
And the organizations are seeking nominees from among the Pioneer Valley’s nonprofit organizations that mirror Brennan’s dedication to community while adapting to changing economic and cultural landscapes.
Nonprofits may be nominated or self-nominate through May 14 at tinyurl.com/brennanaward. The Planning Commission will announce the recipient of the inaugural Tim Brennan Exemplar Award at its annual meeting in June.
Around Amherst: Boltwood garage getting gallery; poets getting spruced up
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Bringing new public art to the area of the Boltwood parking garage and restoring a downtown sculpture are projects being undertaken by the Amherst Public Art Commission this spring.
Commission Chairman Bill Kaizen said the Boltwood Gallery is a project slated to open in late June on the upper level of the garage that will be situated at the defunct “Poem Windows” exhibit.
More details about the project, supported by $2,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Recovery and Rebuilding Grant through the downtown cultural district, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts honor the late Tim Brennan; seek nominees for Exemplar Award MassLive.com 5/3/2021 Jim Kinney, masslive.com
SPRINGFIELD Even though Tim Brennan would have wanted to step back from the spotlight, colleagues from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts have created an award honoring of the man they remember as the “face and voice for the region.”
And the organizations are seeking nominees from among the Pioneer Valley’s nonprofit organizations that mirror Brennan’s dedication to community while adapting to changing economic and cultural landscapes.