Josh Knox's Page

Via the grapevine and the Planning Office I was able to find the (dated August 2009) Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. "Plan for the Hearth of Our Community" (45pp, 7.8 MBpdf).

It is filled with (in my view) lots of pretty and well-crafted graphics and some inspiring ideas.

Check it out at:

http://www.mass.gov/Ehed/docs/dhcd/cd/gateway/holyoke.pdf

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Specimen Ballots for 11/3/09 Election Available at City Clerk's Office

The Clerk's office has declined to provide electronic versions of the specimen ballot (online or by email), however they are available at their office in City Hall.

They will give you a photocopy of whichever Ward you like.

Here is a sample from ward 6, which will be the same for many offices (but different for others, obviously).

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Have you been itching for an easy way to pitch in?

One of our properties of natural resource and historic value -- the Crane Estate-- is competing with 24 other historic sites in the Boston area for a share of $1 million in funding from the Partners in Preservation program, sponsored the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express. We will be using this money to do vital repairs to keep the Estate in tip-top shape.

Please join me in helping to secure this vote or my organizat… Continue