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Next Innovation District Task Force Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, September 22nd

InnovateHolyoke — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:47:40 +0000

The next meeting of the Holyoke Innovation District Task Force will be held Wednesday, September 22, 2010 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitors Center Exhibit Hall, 221 Appleton Street in Holyoke. There will be no meeting in August. For more information, including a map, list of Task Force members, and an agenda when it becomes available, click here.

Massachusetts Picks Location For Holyoke High Performance Computing Center

InnovateHolyoke — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:30:37 +0000

Downtown canal district location will create jobs, promote research and make city an essential part of the Massachusetts innovation economy.

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Computer site spins off hopes

InnovateHolyoke — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:28:01 +0000

HOLYOKE – Robert W. Gilbert Jr. got a phone call on Tuesday from a business man in the Worcester area who manufactures computer batteries and is interested in moving here because of the planned high performance computing center.

“Hopefully, he has the capital to locate here. But that’s a perfect example of what my feeling is about the spin-off effect,” said Gilbert, an official with Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce.

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Experts weigh in on potential economic impact of Holyoke high performance computing center

InnovateHolyoke — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:27:45 +0000

HOLYOKE – It might only take 20-or-so people to run the Holyoke high performance computing center, so the challenge for local boosters is to use the center’s promise to entice companies and jobs to locate near the center.

“They will come here, in my estimation, if we give them a reason to,” said Timothy W. Brennan, executive director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.

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Former site of Mastex Industries chosen as home for Holyoke’s high performance computing center

InnovateHolyoke — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:48:25 +0000

HOLYOKE – Optimism flowed like the water in the canals that served as the backdrop for Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s announcement here on Monday that the high performance computing center will be built at the former Mastex Industries Inc. facility on Bigelow Street.

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Holyoke high performance computing center site announcement delay doesn’t mean project is behind schedule, colleges say

InnovateHolyoke — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:06:13 +0000

HOLYOKE – Site-selection talks will be held this week as a consortium of colleges try to decide which of two locations will house a high-performance computing center here.

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Announcement of site for proposed Holyoke high performance computing center delayed — again

InnovateHolyoke — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:09 +0000

HOLYOKE – As anticipation grows, the site where a high performance computing center will be built here won’t be chosen until August or beyond, an official said.

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Cheap, clean energy stirring interest in Holyoke

InnovateHolyoke — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:17:04 +0000

CHEAP, CLEAN ELECTRICITY

Holyoke, one of the poorest cities in Massachusetts, hasn’t attracted any significant business development in a long time. But companies are starting to show interest in the old mill town because its municipal utility has something they want: electricity that—because it’s predominantly hydro and nuclear—is the cheapest in New England and largely carbon-free.

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Educational Opportunities Workshop Report Available

InnovateHolyoke — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:50:33 +0000

A summary report of the April 15, 2010 workshop on educational opportunities associated with the proposed Holyoke green high-performance computing facility has been completed. You may view the Report on GHPCC Educational Opportunities Workshop here or download the report as well as view appendices at the workshop website: http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/ghpcc_workshop_april_2010/

The report is being shared with planners for the Holyoke Green High-Performance Computing Center, the Innovation District Task Force, and the general public, so that recommendations of workshop participants will be included in deliberations about the Center.

Republican Charlie Baker promises to remember Western Mass., calls for reforms in Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign stops in West Springfield

InnovateHolyoke — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:24:51 +0000

WEST SPRINGFIELD – Republican candidate for governor Charles D. Baker, in a campaign swing here on Monday, called on the governor and lawmakers to take cost-savings steps before the Legislative session ends on July 31.

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