Chesterfield Celebrates 250 years!
July 1- 7th, 2012 will mark the 250th Anniversary for the Town of Chesterfield, MA. The Facebook page at the link below is intended to inform the general public about the festivities as well as the progress being made by the 250th Chesterfield Anniversary Committee and other volunteers.
MDAR Annouces Open Application Period for Grant Programs
Until June 26, MDAR will be accepting applications from farmers who wish to participate in Department programs in Fiscal Year 2013. Interested farm operators are encouraged to review these opportunities.
Hilltown CDC can assist in the preparation of applications. Click for more information.
Does your small business need help finding health insurance plans?
The Massachusetts Health Connector's Business Express Program can help small businesses with 50 or fewer employees find health insurance plans for their eligible employees. Click for more information.
Please join us at the 6th annual Hilltown Spring Festival
Saturday May 12, 2012 from 10 AM to 7 PM
at the Cummington Fairgrounds
Click here for sponsorship opportunities.
click here for Kids Made Registration Form.
Click here for more information
Here's what vendors had to say about 2011's
Hilltown Spring Festival:
"It was a wonderful day and I had a great time. Thank you for organizing the Spring Festival. Every year it gets bigger and better.
"It was my single highest producing day ever."
"You have created a personal favorite.
"Everyone had a great time."
"Always a good time despite the weather.."
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital
- Alternative Recycling Systems
- DataEdge Marketing Information
- Easthampton Savings Bank
- Florence Savings Bank
- George Propane
- Hilltown Tree & Garden
- Teagno Construction.
- KSK Insurance
- Steve Lewis Subaru
- Westfield River Wild & Scenic
Additional sponsors are Ashfield Hardware and Supply, Cummington Supply, Hilltown Tents, O’Connell Oil Associates, Schneider Plumbing, Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program, Caleb Harris, CPA Ed’s Auto Repair Forish Construction, Hilltown Hybrids, Hull Forestlands, Newman Environmental Engineering, Prakasa Yoga Studio, The Soap Shop at Rocky Top Farm, and Wright Builders
The Hilltown Spring Festival is supported in part by grants from the Local Cultural Councils of the Towns of Ashfield, Charlemont-Hawley, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Plainfield, Washington, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Windsor and Worthington, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. www.massculturalcouncil.org
Do you want more Local Customers? List your Business in the Hilltown Business Directory
The printed Hilltown Business Directory is published once a year; it was distributed in January to 13,500 households in 20 towns. You can add your business to the online edition of the directory for a minimal charge. Click here for the Reservation Form. Listings and/or Display Ads are available to businesses with a location or mailing address in the Hilltowns. Display ads without listings are available to any business. The online Hilltown Business Directory lists businesses by category and by town. Businesses can be searched by business name, contact name, category or town. The directory also includes 109 regional resources. During the year, copies of the printed directory will also be available at central locations in most towns.
Here's what local businesses say about the Hilltown Business Directory:
"I got a job recently from a woman from my own town who wouldn't have known I was here except for my listing in the Hilltown Business Directory."
"I got a sizeable project from someone who saw my ad in the Hilltown Business Directory."
"I picked up a new client who lives in California most of the year. She would have never found me without the Hilltown Business Directory."
"It's the only advertising I use and it has paid for itself many, many times over"
WHAT WILL 13,500 HILLTOWN HOUSEHOLDS BUY FROM YOU?
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