The next meeting of the Holyoke Innovation District Task Force will be held Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Holyoke Transportation Center at 206 Maple Street in Holyoke. Please note the new, earlier, time. For more information, including a list of Task Force members and an agenda when it becomes available, click here.
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Patrick-Murray Administration and university leaders today celebrated news that the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) has attracted a national science grant through the University of Massachusetts Amherst and MIT. The nearly $250,000, two-year award will ensure that students returning to Holyoke and Springfield schools this month benefit from the state’s newest high-tech facility coming to their neighborhood.
With an innovative municipally-owned utility (HG&E) on-the-horizon; innovative clean energy technologies; a talented workforce; a blossoming entrepreneur environment; broad academic research and education capabilities; and an engaged public and private sector — Holyoke and the Connecticut River Valley region are well-poised to help create, deploy, and leverage the next generation of clean energy system technologies.
Gov. Patrick has announced that more than $2.1 million in Federal funding will be used to improve the energy infrastructure surrounding two new high-tech projects in Holyoke.
Holyoke – Power capacity will increase and some economic development could follow thanks to a $2.1 million federal grant to help with hydroelectric improvements around the high performance computing center being built here, officials said Wednesday.
BOSTON – Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – The Patrick-Murray Administration and congressional leaders today celebrated the United States Commerce Department’s $2.1 million award for hydro-electric infrastructure improvements needed to support Holyoke’s Innovation District and the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC). Holyoke Gas and Electric will oversee the $7.4 million project to supply the MGHPCC with the reliable power it needs to conduct world-class research and development as well as put the necessary infrastructure in place to make it more feasible for high-tech firms to locate downtown.
WASHINGTON – Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Dr. Rebecca Blank today announced a $2.1 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the Holyoke Gas and Electric (HG&E) Department and the city of Holyoke, Mass., to make hydro-electric infrastructure improvements needed to support tech-based business development in the city’s Innovation District, a gateway for economic, educational, and workforce development in the region.
When state budget woes threatened the University of California system in 2009, more than 300 leading scientists wrote to then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to plead for protection. It did little good: the state cut more than US$630 million from the university’s budget, forcing the institution to slash faculty members’ salaries and hike student tuition fees.
When state budget woes threatened the University of California system in 2009, more than 300 leading scientists wrote to then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to plead for protection. It did little good: the state cut more than US$630 million from the university’s budget, forcing the institution to slash faculty members’ salaries and hike student tuition fees.
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