Economic Development

   
Business Training Workshops
   Individual Business Counseling
   Hilltown Business Directory
   Hilltown Spring Festival

Housing Programs

   Homebuyer Counseling
   Housing Rehabilitation
   Housing Development
   Community Planning Assistance
Social Services

   Hilltown Elder Network (HEN)
   Health Outreach Program for
        Elders (HOPE)
   Hilltown Food Pantry
   Families Together
Community Facilities
staff@hilltowncdc.org
(413) 296-4536

Last Updated: 6/21/10
              
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First Time Homebuyer Workshop


Hilltown CDC is hosting a 3-session workshop to help potential homebuyers learn the ins and outs of buying a home. Educate yourself before you take the plunge into homeownership and make the transition smoother!

 The next workshop is on Saturdays, September 18th & 25th and October 2nd - 9 AM  till 12:30 PM at the Meekins Library in Williamsburg.

Click here to learn more. Or contact Bea at beavh@hilltowncdc.org to pre-register.
 

CDBG Grants Awarded in Hilltowns

On July 8th Governor Deval Patrick announced that 68 cities and towns in Massachusetts will receive $33.6 million in federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).

The CDBG program is the Commonwealth's largest available resource providing municipalities with funding to support revitalization projects, meet the housing and public service needs of low- and moderate-income populations and build and repair infrastructure vital to the health and safety of all residents.

Hilltown CDC wrote two of the successful grants:

The Towns of Chesterfield, Goshen, Westhampton, & Williamsburg received $1,161,382 to be used for Housing rehabilitation (7 units); elevator for Nash Hill senior housing; first time homebuyer counseling /assistance (6 purchases);and social services (childcare subsidies; elder health; elder in-home living assistance; family counseling; food pantry).

The towns of Cummington, Peru, Plainfield, & Worthington received $874,410 to be used for Housing rehabilitation (10 units); first time homebuyer counseling /assistance (6 purchases); Worthington handicapped access planning (ADA transition and self-evaluation and transition plan); and social services (childcare subsidies; elder health; elder in-home living assistance; family counseling; food pantry).

Hilltown CDC administers these funds for the listed towns. If you live in the above-listed towns, you may be eligible to use these services. Contact Hilltown CDC at 413-296-4536.


Include Your Business in the

HILLTOWN BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Click here for registration form

 DO YOU WANT MORE LOCAL CUSTOMERS?

Do you sell products or services to local people?

For as little as $40, we will list your business in the 2011 edition of the Hilltown Business Directory.  13,500 households will receive the 144 page printed Directory in January.    

For the same $40, the On-Line version of the 2011 Hilltown Business Directory
will feature your business for a full year on this website. 

Business listings, just $40, include your contact information and a 25-word description.
Your business will be listed all year by Category and by Town and indexed by
business name and contact name.  Display ads are also available.

Fill out the reservation form to put a low-cost/high-value listing and/or display ad
to work for your business. 

Send your space reservation, ad and payment by October 10, 2010 to Hilltown CDC. 
No changes or additions can be made after then.

Call Seth Isman at 413-296-4536 x112, or email sethi@hilltowncdc.org, if you have any questions.  We look forward to having you join us in the 
2011 Hilltown Business Directory.


WITH YOUR $40 INVESTMENT FOR A BUSINESS LISTING,
WHAT WILL 13,500 HILLTOWN HOUSEHOLDS BUY FROM YOU?

Other local businesses say:

“The Hilltown Business Directory is the only advertising I use
and it has paid for itself many, many times over!”

“I get better response from listing in the Hilltown Business Directory
than I get from the Verizon Yellow Pages.”

“I just got a job from a woman in my own town who wouldn’t have known I was here
if she hadn’t seen me in the Hilltown Business Directory.”

“I just picked up a new client who lives in California most of the year.
She would never have found me without the Hilltown Business Directory.”

Hilltown CDC works to help your business achieve its goals. 
Whether you use the Business Directory or not, call us to see how we can help you.  Call Seth Isman, 413-296-4536, ext. 112, or email Seth at sethi@hilltowncdc.org.

Business training?  Free business consulting?  Starting a new business?
Tell us how we can help!  We can grow the hilltown economy together!


Thanks to YOU, the Hilltown Spring Festival was a
Great Success!
2010 Spring Festival Tee Shirts 
printed with the poster illustration by Annett Rubino-Buckley
are still available at the Hilltown CDC.
Get yours now!      Call 413-296-4536
Festival Poster
Share your input and your expertise!
Please consider joining the team for the next Spring Festival!
Call the Hilltown CDC at 413-296-4536
Click here to see pictures of the Festival by Sienna Wildfield
Original art by Annette Rubino-Buckley, www.rubinocards.com
For more details, see Hilltown Spring Festival Homepage

Business Training Class Schedule

Look for our Fall class schedule later in the summer.  Click here to find classes to help you with your small business or home computing.  Have you taken a business class yet?  You might be pleasantly surprised.


Join the Hilltown CDC and Support Your Local Community
Update your membership for the new fiscal year

We need your support more than ever to keep providing programs that strengthen our communities. Read our Annual Appeal letter here.  

A donation in any amount gives you membership in the Hilltown CDC.
Please d
ownload our Membership Form and send us your donation today.  

Hilltown CDC sincerely thanks all Members and Funders -
We can't do it without you!

Hilltown CDC Hosts Art Shows!

-  9/17 - 10/29  -
Sophia Wessels will show her watercolor paintings by of
New England barns & houses

- 10/29 - 12/31 -
Lynne Graves of Worthington will be showing her photography of
people, places and food


Come in and see these exciting shows
weekdays between 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM!

The Hilltown CDC office (387 Main Road, Chesterfield) is a great venue for showing your art. The Hilltown Artisans Guild has been arranging art shows in our office space for several years.
If you would like to show your hangable art, call 413-296-4536 or email staff@hilltowncdc.org.


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