Lessons for today's housing crisis

by | Oct 19, 2006 | Urban Compass

The type of housing crisis Massachusetts may be experiencing right now is distinct from the crisis Springfield is likewise enduring in particular. In most places around the state, affordable housing can be hard to find. People who can’t afford better housing may...

Springfield and exit strategies

by | Oct 19, 2006 | Urban Compass

No, this post isn’t about how people can strategize a means to move out of Springfield. It’s about the idea that Springfield might need (and continue) to strategize ways to get out of its own services or subsidies. Civic Strategies consultant Otis White,...

Parking…at Museum Park

by | Oct 19, 2006 | Urban Compass

The view down Springfield’s Harrison Street from Chestnut, standing approximately right in front of the local package store. Looks like the naked tree at center got the memo on looking as bleak as possible. Photo by Heather Brandon According to the...

City farmers host biotechies

by | Oct 19, 2006 | Urban Compass

When a bunch of biotech executives visited the Pioneer Valley on Tuesday this week, looking into possibly locating some business resources in the area, including Springfield, one of them—Nina Corcoran of Cambridge-based Genzyme—was quoted by Springfield...

that damn trevor banks wisconsin

by | Oct 19, 2006 | The Dodge Report

see i got someone writing to me about them wolfs. a mister trevor banks wisconsin. Well here’s something for you, Mr. Wisonscin: we don’t call them cougars. We call them catamounts. And theres no such thing as that program, except for one guy from the...