Outlook 2020

Page 1

Outlook2020 J

| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

|

W

estern Massachusetts’ cities and towns, the state, businesses and industry, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, colleges and universities, public schools, legislators, chambers of commerce, health care institutions, arts groups and philanthropists are all working to confront what has been one of the major challenges facing the region: a skilled workforce for the future. The combined resources of our region’s most major asset – worldclass colleges and universities – and our business community are making serious inroads to address the needs of the regional economy. What are the next steps in finding workers to fill the region’s jobs? How can the talent be developed?

LOWER PIONEER VALLEY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER

Education &jobs Automotive Technology Program

IN THE 21ST CENTURY

CHICOPEE COMP

Career & Technical Education Program

And most importantly, how can the talent be retained in our region to maintain strong and steady growth here? Outlook 2020 highlights some of our region’s longtime businesses that are confronting the challenges of having an educated workforce as well as entrepreneurs who have chosen this region to begin their businesses. Great things are happening in Western Massachusetts thanks to collaboration, innovation and positive thinking, all focused on powering forward in the year ahead.

J

 Economic Development Council  MassMutual  Manufacturing  Transportation  PVPC  Springfield Museums  AIM  Cybercrime  Junior Achievement  MGM  Entrepreneurship

EDUCARE SPRINGFIELD Early Childhood Education Center

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY 

Engineering Program

K  Banking & finance

 Early education  Universities & community colleges  Manufacturing

 Vocational and technical programs

 Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents

UMASS

LM

Institute For Applied Life Sciences

INSIDE

Outlook 2020 feature stories can be found in Sections J, K, L and M as well as on the covers of the A, B and C Sections in today’s Sunday Republican.

 Retail  Agriculture

 Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network

 Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau  Entertainment & tourism

 Success stories

 Real estate  Food & dining

 Big Y  Small businesses

 Building & construction

 Cannabis  Nonprofits

 Automotive  Energy  Craft brewing

 Hospitals & health care


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Outlook 2020 by repubnews - Issuu