Gateway Hilltown Collaborative

More state aid for rural schools this year Sen. Adam Hinds asked for and received $1 million more from the state’s Rural School Aid grant program this year, increasing the budget to $2.5 million and leaving superintendents throughout Franklin County waiting to see just how much of the pie...

Admission is free, with donations to the Gateway Education Foundation gratefully accepted at the door! This event will be EPIC with our new sound and projection systems in place! Special thanks to our business sponsors: the Blandford American Legion Post, Azure Green, and the Westfield River Watershed Association for making this possible!

Bake sale at intermission benefits the Gateway Outdoor Club!

The Gateway Hilltowns are a great place to live, work, and visit! If you haven't seen the updated website, take a look! You can use it to learn more about the six Gateway Hilltowns (Blandford, Chester, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, and Russell)—great places to visit, beautiful hikes, and ways to get more involved in the community. When you find a place you love, share it with the hashtag and we'll post/repost our favorites!

https://gatewayhilltowns.org/

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$75,000 in the new economic development bill to establish a Visitor Center in Carms in Chester! In partnership with Historic US Route 20, the Hilltown Collaborative, and the Town of Chester.

Here's a summary of the local projects authorized to receive a total of $12M in the Senate's Bond Bill, which we passed last night. These 7 projects will stimulate economic development and throughout western Mass!