From this week's Business Monday from The Republican. Watch video
Passengers board a PVTA bus.From this week's Business Monday from The Republican:
A study by the Brookings Institution finds that transit systems in the United States are largely a "missed opportunity," but that transit systems in Springfield and Greenfield do a better-than-average job of connecting people with jobs. Read more »
Eastec 2011 comes to West Springfield as the manufacturing sector rebounds
Peter J. Klier, an owner of Brooks Associates, tells The Republican his company will spend $75,000 to $80,000 exhibiting at Eastec 2011 at the Eastern States Exhibition Grounds in West Springfield — and that he anticipates the company will make more than three times that amount from orders at the annual tech show, as manufacturing bounces back from the recession. Read more »
How Darby O'Brien convinced Stephen Buoniconti to appear in a TV commercial for The Republican
The Republican's new television ad has people talking. We talk to the people involved in making it. Read more »
More Business Monday
• Voices of the Valley: Alan Fauteux, Fire Fighting Equipment, Palmer
• Jeff Cohen of Jeff's Picture Framing turns pictures and other momentos into works of art
• Local businesses need to take care that Hispanic marketing efforts are not lost in translation
• After a long winter, roofers, painters and landscapers see spring as the busy season
• Theraputic Systems of Amherst designs special vest designed to sooth autistic children
• Massachusetts small-business owners say improving economy is leading them to add jobs
• Washington D.C., Boston are tops on the East Coast for highest average salary
Notebook
• Pioneer Valley business calender for May 17 - June 15
• Pioneer Valley Business etc.
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