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Hilltown CDC Annual Meeting

You are invited to the Hilltown CDC Annual Meeting

Tuesday, May 21st, 6 - 8 PM at the
Hilltown CDC
387 Main Street, Chesterfield, MA 01012

Agenda
6 - 6:45: snacks, drinks, social
6:45 - 7:45: Welcome & Introductions of Board Members
Update of Hilltown CDC’s current programs (Executive Director, Dave Christopolis)
7:45 - 8:00: Election of Hilltown CDC Board Members and Westhampton Senior Housing Board Members

The Annual Meeting is open to everyone ~ the facility is handicapped accessible.

Please RSVP to Hilltown CDC by May 14 at 413-296-4536 ext. 118 or davec@hilltowncdc.org


Hilltown Spring Festival

Save Saturday June 1, from 10 AM to 5 PM, to help us celebrate spring, the hilltown community, music, art, food, sustainability, kids, families and more. The Hilltown Spring Festival will feature 10 musical performances on two stages from 11:15 until 5:00 (click here for performance schedule), great food from local vendors, children’s activities all day long, a mid-day dance around the May pole, and exhibits of products and services from many local vendors, including a Focus on Sustainability.

To register children to display and sell their own craft and art work at the Hilltown Spring Festival, click here for the registration form

Last year 2,000 people came to celebrate spring and to enjoy each other and our community. There’s still time to sign up to volunteer, to be a sponsor (click here for sponsorship form), or to reserve a booth (click here for registration form).

Admission is $8 per person; children 12 and under are free. All proceeds go to benefit the programs and services of Hilltown CDC, including business development and support programs for low income local elders. See you on June 1!

Support is provided by business sponsors, by the exhibiting businesses, and by grants from the Local Cultural Councils of the Towns of Ashfield, Chester, Chesterfield, Conway, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Plainfield, Washington, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Windsor and Worthington, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Link to the Spring Festival’s Facebook page.


Thank you to our major sponsors

KSK Insurance All Energy Solar Alternative Recycling Systems
Cooley-Dickinson Hospital Easthampton Savings Bank Florence Savings Bank
George Propane Hilltown Tree and Garden DataEdge Marketing Information


Chesterfield Energy Efficiency Grant Program

Chesterfield Residential Energy Efficiency Grant Program Offers up to $1,000 per Household for Energy Improvements

Chesterfield residents are invited to apply for up to $1,000 per household to help pay for home energy improvements. This grant program has been designed to supplement the Western Massachusetts Electric Company Mass Save residential incentive program, which offers a 75% incentive up to $2,000 toward the cost of installing insulation and weatherization upgrades. Taken together, Chesterfield residents are eligible for up to $3,000 to help improve the energy performance of their homes.

Program Steps

  1. To fill out an application, contact Bea von Hagke at the Hilltown Community Development Corporation (CDC) at 296-4536 ext 115 on Mondays or Wednesdays. Or, email her at beavh@hilltowncdc.org
  2. Call WMECO’s Mass Save Program at 800-666-3303 to schedule a free Home Energy Assessment. Or contact a Home Performance Contractor directly – Ask Bea for guidance on this option
  3. Implement the recommendations of the Mass Save Assessment (WMECO pays 75% up to $2,000)
  4. Contact the Hilltown CDC for reimbursement of additional expenses up to $1,000

The Chesterfield Residential Energy Efficiency Grant can also be applied toward energy efficiency and renewable energy items that are NOT listed in the Mass Save energy assessment. Town of Chesterfield program partners at the Hilltown CDC and Pioneer Valley Planning Commission can also point you toward other available incentives like rebates for efficient heating, solar hot water, solar PV and microwind systems; as well as the Mass Save Heat Loan Program, which provides a 0% loan up to $25,000 for energy efficiency upgrades and solar hot water systems.

In 2011, the Town of Chesterfield was designated a Massachusetts “Green Community” by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. The Chesterfield Residential Energy Efficiency Grant Program is an initiative to help reduce energy used in Chesterfield. Learn more at www.townofchesterfieldma.com

Download program applications below or contact Bea at 296-4536 ext 115 or beavh@hilltowncdc.org

Program Guidelines (MS Word) Application (MS Word) Program Poster (PDF)





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.


 

Join 308 Hilltown Businesses in the
Hilltown Business Directory!

The printed Hilltown Business Directory is published once a year; it was distributed in January to 16,500 households in 22 towns. The online edition of the 2013 Hilltown Business Directory is now available at www.HilltownCDC.com, and you can add your business to it at any time. The cost to be listed in the online edition is just $5. Click here for the Reservation Form. Businesses can be searched by business name, contact name, category or town. The online edition is available all year for anyone searching the web for local businesses.

The Hilltown Business Directory can include any business located in the Towns of Ashfield, Becket, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Dalton (new), Goshen, Haydenville, Hinsdale, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Otis, Peru, Plainfield, Russell, Savoy (new), Washington, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Windsor and Worthington, or any business whose owner resides in these towns.

Here's what local businesses say about the Hilltown Business Directory:

"I get better response from listing in the Hilltown Business Directory than I get from the Verizon Yellow Pages"

"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."

"It's the only advertising I use and it has paid for itself many, many times over"


In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-940, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider employer, and lender.