Western Mass Business Show 7.15.23 — Elmer’s

Ariel Brooks and Nan Parati give us the Hilltown dirt. Or maybe it’s the community tapestry that they weave that keeps us wanting more. Find out how they came together to save a building in Ashfield or maybe they saved the community or the community saved them. This is a not to be missed episode to lean all about what it looks like to collaborate and establish new models of use and operation. Get ready to take a drive to the Hilltowns with us. I promise it will be a magical carpet ride.

Western Mass Business Show 7.1.23 – Common Capital

Join us as we chat with Raymond Lanza Weil Executive Director and Callie Niezgoda Flanagan Director of Lending at Common Capital. CC is a nonprofit community loan fund and SBA micro lender. They are a Community Development Financial Institution serving all 4 counties of WMA. They are a subsidiary of WayFinders and since their founding in 1999 have made over 30 million in loans to nearly 800 businesses and helped to retain over 2,000 jobs. Thank you for all that you do for our region Common Capital. We appreciate you and look forward to your continued expansion regionally.

Western Mass Business Show – Carla Cosenzi from Tommy Car Auto Group

Carla Cosenzi from Tommy Car Auto Group gets real about work, life, family balance, and how to overcome grief and loss. It’s a great conversation about being in a family business and how lessons from your Dad can change the way you think about your own life. Kayla Currie from TCAG is also in the room for moral support. With 7 separate businesses now who knows when this entrepreneur will hit the pause button. Join us.

Western Mass Business Show 6.10.23 – Laurel Boyd and Kathryn Carpenter at Ascendance

Laurel Boyd and Kathryn Carpenter have given so much of their time, talent, and treasure to the children of the area. Knowing that youth is the foundation to healthier adults these two and the team at Ascendance focus on the inner child to create a better outcome for all of us. Through community, connection, and collaboration they create a difference locally. Find out which one of them worked at WHMP and met their husband on the job.

Western Mass Business Show on 5.27.23

Chris Fournier (Engagement and Development Director) and Tom Willits (Co-Founder and Executive Director) from MAPS. Music and Poetry Synchronized. This nonprofit is making music, poetry, and art in a school environment but going far beyond the classroom setting. They are inspiring social justice through artistic collaboration. By getting outside classroom and bringing the school to other schools so that a cross pollination of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives emerges. Join us as we talk about doing this important work and creating voices and images to be seen and heard outside of the classroom.
www.mapsmusic.org

Western Mass Business Show 5.20.23

Attorney Dianna Stallone grew up recognizing that not everyone can get by as easily as others and that injustices happen everywhere. But through sharing of information and helping each other to solve problems we can get along well and with less issues than without the lift. Ask Dianna.Com is a great resource for those considering going into business and getting help from an expert. Join us to find out what community legal advice looks like.

Western Mass Business Show – 5.13.23 Amanda Mittman and Cara D’Anello

Amanda Mittman and Cara D’Anello would like you to know that you are enough. Your weight doesn’t define you but your genetics and body composition have charted your course. We are all warped by the healthcare industry, diet culture, the patriarchy, and capitalism that we have lost all sense of what our body should be. No more! Let’s see what your body can be with support and wrap around services that break the ideals about what is fit, beautiful, and standard. Hint there are guidelines but screw the standards.

The Western Mass Business Show 5.6.23 – Look Park’s Justin Pelis and Matt LaCoille

Join us for a look at Look Park with Justin Pelis Executive Director of the Park and Matt LaCoille Development Director. Justin is a Northampton native and former business owner of North County Landscapes. Matt comes from the region and has a sports and development background. The Park’s rich history helps keep the Park top of mind in peoples memories and hearts. Come take a walk down memory lane with us as we chat about the past, present, and future of this 413 gem.

Western Mass Business Show – 4.28.23 – David Ruggles Center

Join Kim Gerould and Tom Goldschneider from the David Ruggles Center at 225 Nonotuck Street in Florence to learn about the abolitionist history in Northampton and what the current abolitionists are up to in the Village. For starters, coming up on the 6th the DRC is featuring a symposium at Bombyx Center in Florence with Lydia Molland (www.lydiamoland.com) who recently wrote a book about Lydia Maria Child one of Florence’s most famous egalitarian group, the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. Join us on the 6th or for a walking tour of 01062, find out more at: www.davidrugglescenter.org

Western Mass Business Show – Mike Tourville of MT Media Network

Mike Tourville of MT Media Network knows people. His calling in life has been to tell stories, making connections between those that have a story and those that need to hear it. After writing his first novel A Promise to Astrid Mike met a lot of people and it lead him to another calling, telling stories of addiction, loss, strength, and hope. Mike believes that if he can reach enough people with his outreach then lives will be saved and I believe he’s right. His second book Voices From The Fallen recognizes the struggle and the hope in addiction. Join us as we talk about what makes Mike continue this work and how impactful honesty and grace can be on our society.

https://www.mtmedianetwork.com/