by Heather Brandon | May 30, 2007 | Urban Compass
The ULI-Boston District Council has been at work in Springfield again, this time sending a panel to survey downtown. Led by co-chairs Nancy Springett of ICON Architecture and transit specialist Eric Fellinger of Wilbur Smith Associates, various members of the...
by Heather Brandon | May 29, 2007 | Urban Compass
The public forum and panel discussion about the changing nature of journalism, which I mentioned last month, is taking place tonight, 6:30 to 9:00 pm, at the Springfield City Library downtown. A similar event took place a week ago in Boston, with attendance of about...
by Heather Brandon | May 30, 2007 | Urban Compass
Last week, I participated in a panel discussion and public forum (video now available) sponsored by the New England News Forum on the subject of media, journalism and trustworthiness. I was the “citizen journalist” on board. My fellow panelists were...
by Heather Brandon | May 31, 2007 | Urban Compass
Eric Nakajima, senior research manager at UMass’s Donahue Institute, is working on a study of Springfield’s minority-owned business economy, with results pending soon. In part one of a series capturing our recent conversation about his work, Nakajima...
by Heather Brandon | Jun 1, 2007 | Urban Compass
I dropped by last Friday morning to visit the opening for the new daytime cafe 3hree, at 684 Belmont Avenue in Springfield’s Forest Park. While I couldn’t quite make it for their 7:00 am opening time, I was pleased to find out that this eatery operated by...
