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Written by Dick Starkey
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
Has it occurred to anyone besides me that the proposed developer for the Mackin Site seems to be in no rush to clear the way to start building? Could it be that, assuming Wal-Mart is the end client, they are in no rush to open a store in Greenfield.
A recent AP story Wal-Mart plans to open fewer stores in 2009. Instead of the 243 stores in the previous fiscal year they plan only 212 this fiscal year a from 157 to 177 the following year.
Instead they plan to focus on remodeling existing stores and creating smaller “outposts.”
Wal-Mart is if nothing else a survivor. Where other national chains are closing stores or going out of business Wal-Mart is once more proving that it is adaptable and can quickly change to meet whatever new challenges is faces. If you are old enough to remember, Sam Walton pledged to only sell “American.” Faced with the challenge of cheap Chinese imports Wal-Mart quickly changed its buying habits to become an if not the leading importer of Chinese made goods.
For those who want a Wal-Mart in Greenfield, a suggestion. Secede from the United States; declare us to be a third world country, and therefore an “emerging market.” Wal-Mart plans to spend 53 percent of its capital expenditures in emerging markets. |
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Members of the Danish Board of District Heating & District Heating Expert, Dr. Morris Pierce |
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Written by Wendy Marsden
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
Thursday Nov. 13 at 6 pm at Greenfield High School
GREENFIELD, MA – With high fuel costs, and growing concerns over global warming, energy security and the economy, communities are looking for ways to lower energy costs, reduce carbon emissions, create local jobs and use more sustainable sources of energy. District Heating can replace individual building heating systems relying on expensive, imported fossil fuels with an efficient community-wide heating network based on clean local renewable resources such as biomass, solar, and waste heat, allowing us to create jobs and keep our energy dollars in the local community. These systems have been widely adopted in Scandinavia over the past thirty years and deliver great economic and environmental benefits. |
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Written by Edward P. Sabelawski CFS, BCAA
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Whichever candidate you supported in the presidential campaign, you can't doubt that the United States has taken a historic step by electing Barack Obama as the 44th president. While acknowledging this milestone set with this election, every long-term investor now needs to consider five practical questions that we have heard from the Obama
presidential campaign: 1. How will the markets generally respond? |
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Written by Greg Aubin
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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It seems that monumental change and hope are in the air after Tuesday night and the election of Barrack Obama. People see the changes this country has made in the eyes of our first African American president. The milestone has been placed by the roadside and we all are ready to travel forward into the future. |
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Written by GO Staff
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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I want to congratulate all of you for having the opportunity to witness such a tremendous historical event. We are different now. We can really be proud now. Its been such a long time. We owe all of those before us. Thank you. |
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Written by Michael Nix
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
The Pioneer Consort, releases first CD "World View." Here's what Joseph Marcello wrote about World View: Thursday, July 17, 2008, The Recorder, Greenfield, MA
"World View" is an apt and entirely accurate title for the trio's joint creation, but fails to fully capture the warmth, intimacy and funky elegance it delivers. Even while offering itself as a sonic-scenic tour of diverse cultural and stylistic genres, the CD succeeds in establishing an idiosyncratic sound identity for the consort. Somehow, tango and Django, jazz and rag, Mozart and Bossa Nova all coalesce into a mutually admiring, mad-teaparty of plucked, picked, struck, and scraped sounds completely at home with one another. "World View" is now available here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/pioneerconsort |
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