The Recorder - Pioneer Valley petitioners take aim at West Mass recorder.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from recorder.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
POLITICO
Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter
Email
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. It s Senate budget-unveiling day.
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK:
DOWNING FOCUSES ON POLICY Ben Downing
knocked doors for Elizabeth Warren in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now he’s emulating her policy-heavy campaign in his gubernatorial bid.
Downing will unveil his second of roughly a dozen proposals today a sweeping plan to reduce poverty by overhauling the state’s approach to combating hunger and homelessness, and by growing job opportunities in 20 communities with the highest poverty rates.
Western Mass. expected to see busy summer for tourism, but picture more uncertain for Boston
Posted May 10, 2021
The Cox family of Plymouth view artwork at Springfield s George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum on May 5, 2021. From left are Rylee, 9, Bridget 6, mom Ashley and dad Cameron. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
Facebook Share
Yankee Candle
Camping.
There’s a sense of optimism in the tourism and hospitality industry in Western Massachusetts, said Mary Kay Wydra, president of the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. Especially after a particularly strong April school vacation week for local attractions.
In a good year, tourism in the Pioneer Valley is almost a $1-billion industry.
POLITICO
Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter
Email
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Presented by Uber Driver Stories
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. TGIF!
WHAT TO MAKE OF BAKER’S FUNDRAISING The Democratic Governors Association called GOP Gov. Charlie Baker s fundraising anemic when he collected $25,457 in March.
Then he raised just under $9,430 in April.
State grant to boost tourism in greater Amherst area
A view of Main Street in downtown Amherst on Saturday afternoon, March 14, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce intends to use funding from a state grant to launch a marketing campaign to draw visitors to attractions in Amherst and surrounding communities.
The chamber received a $116,655 grant last week from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism as part of $1.59 million given to 59 tourism organizations, chambers of commerce, and cities and towns.
With the largest recovery grant received in the Pioneer Valley, the chamber will be able to showcase the Amherst area, including Hadley, Belchertown, Sunderland, Leverett, Shutesbury and Pelham, as a hub for culture, education, dining, agriculture and business.