Great to see Town of South Hadley continuing their work to become more #AgeFriendly + #DementiaFriendly! PVPC @masscoa AARP Massachusetts WWLP-22News wwlp.com/news/local-new…

Great to see the National Association of Regional Councils featuring a photo of PVPC's late, great Executive Director Tim Brennan who received their regional leadership award in 2019.

America's pastime is back and so is another edition of the Pioneer Valley Progress Report, featuring plenty of updates from around the region - including last month's Western MA Passenger Rail Commission hearing doubleheader! conta.cc/3UpTTWB

❤️ running into #westernma friends in the State House! Thanks P@ Beaudry and PVPC for your advocacy!

Still plenty of great opportunities to participate in this year's MassBikePV Bay State Bike Week! Check out the link below to look up events to educate and celebrate all things biking in the Valley. baystatebikemonth.org/bay_state_bike…

Did you catch May's Pioneer Valley Progress Report last week? Check out updates on our regional grant program workshop series, expanding passenger rail options, a big announcement for rural Massachusetts, and more! myemail.constantcontact.com/Pioneer-Valley…

EPA has announced its’ FY 2023 Brownfields awards, and it’s their largest ever investment in #Brownfields communities. Congrats to all of the awardees, in particular Town of Ware Mass, City of Chelsea, CityofSpringfield,MA, Franklin COG, PVPC, and Claremont, NH.

TOMORROW: Don't forget Chesterfield residents, businesses, and surrounding community residents and representatives are invited to learn about and provide input on the Town of Chesterfield Hazard Mitigation Plan! masslive.com/news/2023/06/c…

MA builders & developers! Join a VIRTUAL workshop on Thurs., June 22 to learn about critical U.S. EPA stormwater regulations in our state. Register at bit.ly/3PvbITV Sponsored by NepRWA, the PVPC and CWP #stormwater #builders #developers #engineers

Check out this great advice for large parking lot owners from the Connecticut River Stormwater Committee, recently published in BusinessWest. businesswest.com/blog/stormwate…

.PVPC Looking forward to exploring these policy options as we work to end persistent poverty in Western Massachusetts. Large portions of Springfield and Holyoke have seen persistent poverty for several successive decades. census.gov/library/public…

MA builders & developers! Join a VIRTUAL workshop on June 28-30 to learn about critical U.S. EPA stormwater regulations in our state. Sponsored by NepRWA, the PVPC and CWP #stormwater #builders #developers #engineers

From great updates to share on our work in Ludlow and Chesterfield, to our regional effort to help keep our waterways clean, we had a lot to cover in June's Pioneer Valley Progress Report. conta.cc/43WIJfZ

The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission was awarded $500,000 by the @EPAnewengland to assess areas deemed hazardous across Hampshire County. masslive.com/news/2023/07/e…

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced online resources for individuals and communities affected by this month’s excessive rainfall and flooding across western and central Massachusetts. MEMA Governor Maura Healey #westernma mass.gov/massachusetts-…

TY to Governor Maura Healey Healey and her MassDEP for providing Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke with nearly $1mm for water pollution control projects that will keep the Connecticut River clean! wwlp.com/news/local-new…

PVPC is thrilled and grateful to the @EPAnewengland for providing our agency with $500,000 to assess and guide the cleanup of polluted parcels in South Hadley and Ware in order to put these places back to work for our regional economy! wwlp.com/news/local-new…

July had us all thinking about the power of water but protecting life's most essential resource has been a core component of PVPC's mission for decades. More on that, plus other encouraging updates, in this month's Pioneer Valley Progress Report. myemail.constantcontact.com/Pioneer-Valley…

Congrats to Pioneer Valley Regional Ventures Center PVPC on its $750,000 National Park Service grant to support preservation sites in #westernmass. Hampshire County, MA Explore Western Mass Franklin Co. Chamber nps.gov/orgs/1207/paul…

Have you read Anna Laird Barto's third and final installment of her Daily Hampshire Gazette series on the Clean Water Act's impact on the health and well-being of our region's environmental crown jewel - the Connecticut River? gazettenet.com/CT-River-part-…