Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: The purpose of the corporation is to stimulate a more vital rural economy, to maximize community control over our future economic destiny, and to expand opportunities for low and moderate income residents of franklin county
Geographic areas served: Western Massachusetts
Programs: The western massachusetts food processing center's mission is to promote economic development through entrepreneurship, provide opportunities for sustaining local agriculture, and promote best practices for food producers. The food processing center (fpc) is a national model. It offers a fully equipped commercial kitchen for member use, co-packing capabilities and has been focusing on helping farmers and other clients add value to local food, including a vegetable freezing operation that puts locally produced produce in local schools. For the year ended june 30,2015, a total of forty-six businesses used the facility. Since the fpc opened in 2001, over 300 farms and food businesses have used it, producing hundreds of products, creating millions of dollars of sales, adding value to hundreds of thousands of pounds of regionally grown crops and creating almost 100 jobs. Included in part viii, statement of revenue lines 1e and 1f were $280,699 of grants for this program, of which $66,363 was paid to subawardees.
The business development program consists of assistance to business owners with business planning, structuring an organization, creating a business plan, setting goals, marketing, operating controls, and creating a financial plan. This program has expanded its reach to now include hampshire and northern berkshire counties. A total of 414 clients were supported this past year, with 115 of them receiving more than five hours of assistance. Included in part viii, statement of revenue lines 1e and if were $382,852 of grants for this program, of which $109,418 was paid to subrecipients, and $77,793 was used for fiscal sponsors.
Mission: The purpose of the corporation is to stimulate a more vital rural economy, to maximize community control over our future economic destiny, and to expand opportunities for low and moderate income residents of franklin county
Geographic areas served: Western Massachusetts
Programs: The western massachusetts food processing center's mission is to promote economic development through entrepreneurship, provide opportunities for sustaining local agriculture, and promote best practices for food producers. The food processing center (fpc) is a national model. It offers a fully equipped commercial kitchen for member use, co-packing capabilities and has been focusing on helping farmers and other clients add value to local food, including a vegetable freezing operation that puts locally produced produce in local schools. For the year ended june 30,2015, a total of forty-six businesses used the facility. Since the fpc opened in 2001, over 300 farms and food businesses have used it, producing hundreds of products, creating millions of dollars of sales, adding value to hundreds of thousands of pounds of regionally grown crops and creating almost 100 jobs. Included in part viii, statement of revenue lines 1e and 1f were $280,699 of grants for this program, of which $66,363 was paid to subawardees.
The business development program consists of assistance to business owners with business planning, structuring an organization, creating a business plan, setting goals, marketing, operating controls, and creating a financial plan. This program has expanded its reach to now include hampshire and northern berkshire counties. A total of 414 clients were supported this past year, with 115 of them receiving more than five hours of assistance. Included in part viii, statement of revenue lines 1e and if were $382,852 of grants for this program, of which $109,418 was paid to subrecipients, and $77,793 was used for fiscal sponsors.
324 Wells St, Greenfield, MA 01301
413-774-7204
Economic Development
Greenfield
