First Time Homebuyer Workshop

Are you overwhelmed or confused by all there is to know about all the steps there are to take before a house is actually yours to call home? Hilltown CDC is hosting a workshop to help potential homebuyers learn the ins and outs of buying a home and ease the confusion. Educate yourself before you take the plunge into homeownership and make the transition smoother!

Next Workshop Series: Feb 29, March 1, 7 & 8 2012, 6:00-8:45 pm, Hilltown CDC, Chesterfield

The workshop is free of charge, but pre-registration is required. Contact beavh@hilltowncdc.org for more information or to pre-register.

Click here for a printable flyer.

Financial Literacy Workshop

Hilltown CDC’s Money Management for You workshop provides participants a safe, participatory environment to learn how to get into better control of your personal finances, be they big or small. During the two evening series, participants will learn how to track expenses, how to create and use a budget, how to read and understand a credit report, manage debts, pay off credit cards and more!

Next Workshop: Feb 6 and 13th, 2012, 6:00-9:00 pm. Cummington Community House

The workshop is free of charge, but pre-registration is required. Contact beavh@hilltowncdc.org for more information or to pre-register.

Click here for a printable flyer.

Massachusetts Farm Energy Program (MFEP)

MFEP works with farmers and agricultural businesses to increase on-farm energy conservation, promote alternative strategies for on-farm energy generation, and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. We offer technical assistance, eligibility screening, referrals and funding resources.

Need a place to start on your first - or next - project? Call us at (413)256-1607 and tell us about your farm, or fill out an application online.

Greenhouse growers and maple producers! Contact your local USDA-NRCS field staff to find out about EQIP payments for audits and energy efficiency upgrades - deadlines in February!

Thanks to all for a successful 5th Annual Hilltown Spring Festival!

Support was provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and many Local Cultural Councils; by local banks and other sponsors; and by the exhibiting businesses. Admission price helps support the work of Hilltown CDC, including business
development, housing rehabilitation, support programs for low income local elders and families,
and the Hilltown Food Pantry.

Spring Festival Page

Do you want more Local Customers? List your Business in the Hilltown Business Directory

Last year, 287 local businesses listed their products and services in the Hilltown Business Directory. For as little as $40, their information was mailed free to 13,000 households in 20 towns, in an attractive book that was used all year as a reference guide to local business. The Hilltown Business Directory is sent to every address in the Towns of Ashfield, Becket, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hinsdale, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Otis, Peru, Plainfield, Russell, Washington, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Windsor and Worthington. Can your business benefit from this kind of exposure? Should you be reaching 13,000 households for $40?

For the same $40, those 287 local businesses were featured in the searchable On-Line version of the Hilltown Business Directory for a full year at www.hilltowncdc.org. Their businesses had a presence on the web, even if they didn’t have a website of their own.

Here’s what local businesses say about the Hilltown Business Directory:

“I get better response from listing in the Hilltown Business Directory than I get from the Verizon Yellow Pages.”

“I got a job recently from a woman from my own town who wouldn’t have known I was here except for my listing in the Hilltown Business Directory.”

“I got a sizeable project from someone who saw my ad in the Hilltown Business Directory.”

“I picked up a new client who lives in California most of the year. She would have never found me without the Hilltown Business Directory.”

“It’s the only advertising I use and it has paid for itself many, many times over.”

Business listings are just $40 for a 25-word description. Your business will be featured all year by Category and indexed by Town and by name. Display ads are also available, ranging from $100 for a 1/3 page ad up to $250 for a full page.

Space reservations, ads and payment must be received by September 10, 2011. Reservation forms are available at www.hilltowncdc.org or by calling Seth Isman at 413-296-4536 x112, or by email to sethi@hilltowncdc.org.

FOR YOUR $40 INVESTMENT, WHAT WILL

13,000 HILLTOWN HOUSEHOLDS BUY FROM YOU?