Category: City News
Holyoke Mayor’s Statement re. Receivership After Meeting with Education Commissioner
From Mayor Joshua A. Garcia regarding a recent meeting with Acting Education Commissioner to discuss School Receivership: I’m very pleased and encouraged to report that Holyoke is now on a path designed to lead us out of receivership and back to local control. We received this assurance Monday evening in a meeting with the state’s … Continued
Road Closure Information for Parade Weekend 2024
With the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Road Race and Parade taking place this weekend, certain roads will be closed along race and parade routes. Drivers traveling around Holyoke should take note of the following information: Saturday, March 16th Road Race Downtown will be closed at the following locations 7am High Street from Lyman … Continued
Holyoke Downtown Parking Study Public Meeting / Estudio de estacionamiento en el centro de Holyoke Reunión Pública
Holyoke Downtown Parking Study Public Meeting Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:30 PM Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, 177 High Street Zoom.us Meeting ID: 879 2668 3213 Estudio de estacionamiento en el centro de Holyoke Reunión Pública Jueves, 7 de marzo de 2024 5:30 PM Cámara de Comerci de Holyoke, 177 High Street Zoom.us ID de reunión: … Continued
Flag Raising by Hibernians Hampden/Hampshire Counties in Honor of Irish American Heritage Month
HOLYOKE – The Ancient Order of Hibernians James A. Curran Division One and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division Two of Hampden/Hampshire Counties will celebrate Irish American Heritage Month of March with an Irish flag raising ceremony at Holyoke City Hall on Friday March 1, 2024, at 10:00 AM. The public is invited to … Continued
MassDOT to hold Presentation and Meeting on High and Maple Streets Corridor Improvements
February 28, 2024 5:30 PM Holyoke Public Library 250 Chestnut Street, Holyoke Virtual: March 6,2024 5:30 PM https://www.mass.gov/orgs/highway-division/events Survey 28 de Febrero de 2024 17:30 h Biblioteca Pública Holyoke 250 Calle Chestnut, Holyoke Virtual: 6 de Marzo de 2024 17:30 h https://www.mass.gov/orgs/highway-division/events Encuesta
Holyoke Announces Plans for New Sports Complex and International Volleyball Hall of Fame
Holyoke, MA – The city of Holyoke is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking initiative to construct a state-of-the-art sports complex, set to become the new home for the prestigious International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Spearheaded by Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and local entrepreneur Cesar Ruiz, leader of the USA International Sport Complex Group, this venture … Continued
Upcoming Anticipated Paving Schedule for 2024
Chapter 90 funds from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the source of funding Cities and Towns use to improve and maintain publicly accepted roads. The order of roads to be improved have been identified through our City’s pavement management system that rates the conditions of roads, usage, and determines the order of priority for repair. … Continued
Garcia Administration taking steps to hold Building Code Violators accountable
Landlords, property managers, and homeowners take note – The City of Holyoke is about to turn up the heat on property owners who have been fined for non-compliance of the state building code and non-payment of the accrued fines. Those fines on both landlords and private individuals reached $4,519,500 as of January 29. Fines are … Continued
FY25 Budget Planning Process Has Begun
The new budget preparation season is here! A memo to all departments with instructions for the FY25 budget planning process were distributed. While departments work on their first draft budget requests, I have been meeting one-on-one with City Councilors to go over their objectives and priorities. Their input helps me identify what some of the shared … Continued