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Next Innovation District Task Force Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, July 29th

The next meeting of the Holyoke Innovation District Task Force will be held Thursday, July 29, 2010 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitors Center Exhibit Hall, 221 Appleton Street in Holyoke. For more information, including a map, list of Task Force members, and an agenda when it becomes available, click here.

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Holyoke high performance computing center location decision might be delayed

HOLYOKE – The wait might drag into August to learn which of the two competing sites has been chosen to get a $130 million high performance computing center, an official said.

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Cisco Furthers Commitment to Innovation and Economic Growth Agenda in New England

n a keynote address today at the Boston College Chief Executives’ Club of Boston, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Chairman and CEO John Chambers will share his perspectives on how collaboration can unlock productivity and innovation gains in New England and across the globe.

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Innovation District Request for Proposals Issued

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is issuing this Request for Proposals (No. 2010-JAII-01) to solicit responses from firms and organizations capable of combining urban revitalization and innovation-based economic development strategies for the purpose of shaping and guiding public and private sector investments during a five-ten year period.  MTC intends to select a firm to develop strategies (i) to support the establishment of an Innovation District within the City of Holyoke and (ii) to leverage the presence of that Innovation District for the explicit purpose of catalyzing business formation and job creation in Holyoke and throughout the Pioneer Valley.

To view the RFP, visit: http://www.masstech.org/institute2009/rfp_060810.html

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Mass. a magnet for federal funding, official says

Massachusetts is well-positioned to win a disproportionate share of federal funds, which are increasingly being awarded by the Obama administration through competitions emphasizing innovation and collaboration, state Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki said yesterday.

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Computing center site in Holyoke will be decided in July, Boston University official says

HOLYOKE – A decision will be announced in July about which of the two competing sites has been selected to house a high performance computing center, an official said on Tuesday.

“I don’t have a hard date or even an exact time frame” within July, said Tom Testa, assistant vice president with Boston University.

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Potential Holyoke computing center sites pose different challenges

HOLYOKE – If the choice is Bigelow Street, it will mean either retrofitting an existing building to accommodate a world-class computing center or constructing a new one.

If the nod for the region’s high performance computing center goes to the cavernous and renovated Open Square, it’s likely space will be leased instead of purchased.

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Next Innovation District Task Force Meeting to be Held Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Please note the earlier time. Meetings are held at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitors Center Exhibit Hall, 221 Appleton Street, Holyoke. For more information about the Task Force, presentations and minutes from past meetings, and an agenda for the upcoming meeting, click here.

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Patrick Envisions Tax Rollback

AMHERST – Gov. Deval L. Patrick said he would support a sales tax rollback if the state’s financial fortunes improve.

The comment came during a question and answer period following his talk Thursday at the University of Massachusetts where he was the 11th Topol Lecture Series speaker.

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Patrick speaks on technology at UMass

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Governor Deval Patrick was the last in a round of a dozen speakers in a technology lecture series at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to honor Sidney Topol.

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