Pioneer Valley
Planning Commission
Economic Development
PVPC's Economic Development section works with members of the public and private sectors to strengthen the present and future economic health of our communities and of the region as a whole. The Economic Development section’s key goal is to advance and support the growth of a competitive regional economy as we progress through the 21st century.
Projects
- Brownfield and Tax Title Properties Inventory Guidebook
- Economic Development Data & Information (E.D.D.I.)
- The Plan for Progress
- Brownfield Redevelopment
- Plan for Progress Presentation Request Form
Partners
- Representatives from the Philadelphia Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce
- Economic Development Administration
- Plan for Progress Trustees in PDF format (link will open a new window)
Publications
View and download publications related to economic development in pdf format.
Additional Information on Economic Development
Each of these links will take you to a web site outside of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission web site. The web sites will open in a new window on top of the current window.
Federal
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
- Economic Development Administration (EDA)
State
- Massachusetts Department of Economic Development
- Massachusetts Economic Development Strategy: Toward a New Prosperity
- Massachusetts Export Center
- Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER)
- Massachusetts Office of Business Development
- Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
- MassBedrock
- Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research – Directory of Microenterprise Organizations in Massachusetts
Regional
- Entrenetwork.com (Resources for Mass. Entrepreneurs)
- Export Hotline
- Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board
- Hampden County Employment and Training Consortium
- Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership
- Plan for Progress
- Regional Employment Board of Hampden County
- Regional Technology Alliance
- Site Net
- Springfield Area Council for Excellence
- Springfield Enterprise Center
- Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council
- The Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund
- Regional Planning Agencies and Resources
Local
- The Association, Inc: Mason Square Business Partnership—Springfield, MA
- Brightwood Development Corporation—Springfield, MA
- Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire—Great Barrington, MA
- Franklin County Community Development Corporations—Greenfield, MA
- Hilltown Community Development Corporation—Chesterfield, MA
- Indian Orchard: Main Street Partnership—Springfield, MA
- North County Community Development Corporation—North Adams, MA
- Nuestras Raices—Holyoke, MA
- Nueva Esperanza—Holyoke, MA
- Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.—Springfield, MA
- The “X” Main Street Corporation—Springfield, MA