SOUTHAMPTON — Glendale Ridge Vineyard, a renowned local winery known for its exceptional wines, has partnered with Beau Co. Wine, a distributor of fine wines in western Massachusetts. This collaboration will expand Glendale Ridge Vineyard’s reach, making its award-winning wines more accessible to consumers across the area.
Glendale Ridge’s range of wines includes red, white, rosé, and sparkling. By partnering with Beau Co. Wine, Glendale Ridge Vineyard aims to bring these wines to more discerning palates.
Beau Co. Wine, of Westfield, is a woman-owned distribution company with a strong network of retailers and restaurants. Their expertise in the wine industry will be invaluable in ensuring that Glendale Ridge’s wines are showcased in the best possible locations.
NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet’s Prospect Meadow Farm has landed a $250,000 from the Executive Office of Economic Development Social Enterprise Capital Grant Program.
Prospect Meadow Farm is a therapeutic vocational training program that provides meaningful employment and daily activities for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism, many of whom also have mental health challenges. Since ServiceNet launched its first farm in Hatfield in 2011, Prospect Meadow has grown to three locations — now spanning a total of 60 acres and serving more than 120 participants daily.
The grant funding will specifically support renovation and expansion work being done at the farm’s newest location in Pittsfield. This site, which is the former home of Jodi’s Seasonal, covers 16 acres and includes several year-round greenhouses.
The EOED’s Social Enterprise Capital Grant Program is designed to support employment social enterprises while providing supportive services for individuals who face significant barriers to employment. In 2023, Prospect Meadow Farm was granted $600,000 from this program to fund the bulk of a renovation project at its original Hatfield location, which included a new commercial kitchen and carpentry workshop to further expand the program’s vocational offerings.
SPRINGFIELD — Attorney Carol Cioe Klyman, of Westhampton, a shareholder at Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., with offices in Springfield and Northampton, was named to the 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list in the field of elder law for the 20th consecutive year.
Klyman has earned her place as one of the most respected attorneys in western Massachusetts. Since beginning her legal career with the firm 26 years ago, she has concentrated her practice in the areas of elder law, estate planning, special needs planning, estate administration, guardianships, trust and estate litigation and MassHealth appeals.
Active in educating the legal community and the public about tax, elder law and estate planning topics, Klyman has served as an adjunct professor of elder law at Western New England University School of Law. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council and the American Bar Foundation, and an active member of the national and Massachusetts chapters of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
HOLYOKE — Sharale W. Mathis, vice president of Academic and Student Affairs at Holyoke Community College, has been appointed to a national advisory board for community colleges.
Mathis, of Simsbury, Connecticut, was invited to join the Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation of the American Association of Community Colleges, the primary advocacy group for U.S. community colleges.
Her three-year term began July 1 and will run through June 2027.
The AACC’s Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation focuses on community college efforts to improve student success, which includes administrative processes, infrastructure, technology, and workforce development.
As vice president of academic and student affairs at HCC, Mathis oversees all academic divisions as well as student records, the registrar’s office, planning and assessment, student success programs, library services, advising, career services, transfer affairs, admissions, and financial aid, among others.
AMHERST — For a fourth consecutive year Kuhn Riddle Architects & Designers has been designated as an “Emerging Professionals Friendly Firm.” The award is presented annually by the New England American Institute of Architects (New England AIA).
The award notice declared: “Your firm has been chosen to receive this prestigious designation because it has displayed an outstanding commitment to developing its Emerging Professional staff.”
The award is presented to architecture firms which recognize, promote, and value the development of emerging architectural professionals. Application for the award must be completed cooperatively by an emerging professional and a firm principal. Kuhn Riddle currently has four emerging professionals who are going through the licensure process.