Greta Jochem

5 days ago | masslive.com | Greta Jochem

HOLYOKE — Julio Rodriguez, 68, developed asthma about seven years ago. His medication helps and so do changes made last year to his apartment in the Flats neighborhood, where he’s lived for 24 years. Last summer, the Revitalize Community Development Corp. provided him with supplies to ease his asthma, like an air conditioner, an air purifier and a dehumidifier, said Aneida Molina Flores, assistant manager of the agency’s Healthy Homes program.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Greta Jochem

SPRINGFIELD — The Environmental Protection Agency officially terminated nearly $20 million in grant funding to Springfield that was set to go toward disadvantaged neighborhoods and covered about half of the city. The grant focused on a slew of green programs, including home energy retrofits, air pollution monitoring and de-leading of homes. The $19.9 million in funding, part of the EPA’s Community Change Grants Program, was announced in August.

2 weeks ago | masslive.com | Greta Jochem

HOLYOKE — People cheered outside the Victory Theater in the fall of 2009 when Donald Sanders announced plans to renovate the decaying building. A nonprofit, the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, had just purchased the property from the city for $1,500. Once billed as “America’s most beautiful playhouse,” the theater at the corner of Chestnut and Suffolk streets in downtown Holyoke had been dormant since 1979, when movies stopped being shown.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Greta Jochem

SPRINGFIELD — A $1 million federal grant funding efforts to decrease asthma in Western Massachusetts has been terminated, Governor Maura Healey’s office announced on Friday. The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency went to the state Department of Public Health, which was working with Springfield-based Revitalize Community Development Corporation.

2 weeks ago | masslive.com | Greta Jochem

SPRINGFIELD — A $1 million federal grant funding efforts to decrease asthma in Western Massachusetts has been terminated, Governor Maura Healey’s office announced on Friday. The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency went to the state Department of Public Health, which was working with Springfield-based Revitalize Community Development Corporation.