The following resources may be of interest to you.
Local
City of Northampton
City of Easthampton
Town of Amherst
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
State
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Citizen Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC)
Massachusetts Housing Partnership's Soft Second Program
MassHousing's First Time Homebuyers Program
Massachusetts Associations of Community Development Corporations (MACDC)
Contact your State Representative and Senator
National
The Lincoln Institute
HUD's HOME Program
Hud User
The Enterprise Foundation
Neighborworks America
US Census
First Time Homebuyer
Western MA Office of the Attorney General
Mass Fair Housing Center
National Consumer Law Center
Federal Trade Commission (for illegal debt collection practices)
Small Business
Western MA Business Development Training Schedule
Other Entrepreneur Training in the Valley
Hilltown CDC, Chesterfield, MA
Quaboag Valley CDC, Ware, MA
Franklin County CDC
MA Small Business Development Center, Springfield, MA & other Pioneer Valley sites
UMass Entrepreneurial Initiative, Amherst, MA
Western New England College Law & Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship, Springfield MA
Hidden Tech, Pioneer Valley sites
Regional Technology Corporation, Springfield, MA
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Greenfield Community College Entrepreneurial Certificate Program, Greenfield, MA
Springfield Technical Community College Center for Business and Technology, Springfield, MA
For folks who live outside our service area
Franklin County CDC
Hilltown CDC
HAPHousing
Western Massachusetts Regional Small Business Development Center
Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund
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