BusinessWest to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary with Commemorative May 13th Issue

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine, the biweekly business journal covering Western Massachusetts, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in the May 13, 2024 edition of the magazine.
 
It’s a milestone worth celebrating. For four decades, BusinessWest has been the voice of the region’s business community.
 
When the magazine, first called the Western Massachusetts Business Journal, made its debut in May 1984, the economy was emerging from an economic downturn — certainly not the last — and progress was evident everywhere, from a new Basketball Hall of Fame on Springfield’s riverfront to the early stages of downtown Northampton’s renaissance, and so much more.
 
BusinessWest, as the magazine would soon be known, continued telling those stories on a biweekly basis until 2004, when it became a weekly publication, and then expanded into news delivered digitally at businesswest.com and recognition programs including 40 Under Forty, Difference Makers, Healthcare Heroes, and Women of Impact.
 
This keepsake May 13 edition of BusinessWest will commemorate its role as the region’s business voice by detailing four decades of change, progress, and evolution within the area business community through dozens of interviews.
 
Filled with photos, happenings, accomplishments, milestones, and a timeline of the last 40 years of business in Western Mass., this issue will feature comprehensive stories that focus on 40 years of:
 

• Banking
• Commercial Development
• Construction
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Higher Education
• Manufacturing
• Nonprofits
• Professional Services
• Technology
• The Way We Work