- July 28, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
HOLYOKE — The state’s housing and economic development chief continued a statewide tour of small businesses on Tuesday, hosting roundtable discussions about the Baker administration’s COVID-19 relief spending plan and hearing from business owners about the problems they still face after pandemic restrictions were lifted.
Secretary Mike Kennealy’s 25-community tour stopped in Holyoke, Northampton, Chicopee and Springfield, where local and state legislative officials told him about efforts to help downtown businesses recover from the pandemic.
Holyoke
“We tried to be the best, most engaged and committed partner we could be to small companies during the pandemic, and now we’re trying to focus on what’s next,” Kennealy told a noontime gathering outside the Wauregan building at 420 Dwight St., before walking into several businesses there and on High Street to meet the owners.
Chelsea Falcetti and Tiffany Duchesne, co-owners of the beauty salon…
