Governor Baker just held a press conference yesterday to announce the awarding of $139 Million in Funding and Tax credits for affordable housing initiatives.
Valley Community Development was 1 of 28 affordable housing developers awarded funding for construction.
This was made possible thanks to the hard work of Laura Baker and Joanne Campbell and others within the organization. Valley’s pipeline is growing!!
Read our 10/18/2020 newsletter about available grants in Amherst & Regional grants, plus a profile on Gazebo in Northampton.
Joanne Campbell retired from Valley Community Development on June 30th. Read her farewell message.
Our 6/25/2020 newsletter, which features a small business recovery survey and grant and webinar information
You can read our 6/18/2020 newsletter, which contains information about LGBTQ/Women/Minority owned businesses
You can read our 6/12/2020 newsletter, which contains information about round 2 of the Amherst grant program and more
Our 6/9/2020 Newsletter, which contains information about Amherst grants
Our 6/1/2020 Newsletter, which contains information about grants and reopening.
Our 5/21/2020 Newsletter, which contains information about grants
Our 5/15/2020 Newsletter, which contains information about reopening,
Check our YouTube channel for Small Business webinars
The City of Northampton and Valley Community Development announce grant recipients.
We are proud to announce our new Executive Director, Jane Loechler.
Our 5/7/2020 Newsletter, which contains information about Amherst grants for small businesses and small business assistance.
Our 4/30/2020 Newsletter, which includes information about grants and webinars
Our 4/21/2020 Newsletter, which includes information on available small business grants.
We hosted a series of small business webinars which are now available to view on YouTube.
The webinar was held on 4/13/2020, in conjunction with the City of Northampton and the Chamber of Commerce.
Our most recent newsletter can be found here. It has information on the Northampton Emergency Small Business Grant.
Due to Governor Baker’s order, we are postponing our workshops until it’s considered safe to have gatherings again. In the meantime, feel free to contact us if you have any concerns about homeownership or your small business. We are still here to help you in any way we can! Stay safe. Stay healthy. And wash your hands.
You can also sign up for our newsletters for more updates. This is a swiftly moving situation and things change quickly.
Dee Dice, our Small Business Development Coordinator, was recently on WHMP’s Western Mass Business Show.
NORTHAMPTON — A large crowd gathered for the open house to celebrate The Lumber Yard affordable housing project Friday afternoon.
Shortly after 2008, as the economy and housing market remained in recession, I read financial newsletters to better understand what was happening to the Amherst housing and rental market.
