The Green Gateway Guides are in-depth analyses of the green industry to help regional businesses and organizations, economic development entities, cities/towns and State level organizations understand the established and emerging capacity of their local and regional green markets. As a member of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission's Green Strategy Group we have been recognized as a key stakeholder in the development of the region's green economic strategy for Western Massachusetts. With this in mind we understood that to drive the green economy in our region we needed to first show that there was in fact an existing market. More than a year was spent researching and collecting data for these guides.

Green Gateway Guide

The Green Gateway Guide will be a complete analysis of the green markets in Western Massachusetts. Due to be released in the Spring of 2010, the guide will contain the following:

• More than 50 market sectors
• Summaries on each market
• Return on Investment Data (ROI) on current technologies
• Company listings: name, address, phone, website, Green Gateway Index Rating
• Incentives by market sector
• Grants by market sector
• Projects by market sector
• Case studies by market sector
• Supporting organizations

Vetted by:

• Region
• County
• City/Town
• Company / Organization

Green Industry Map of Western Massachusetts

We developed a physical map called the Green Industry Map of Western Massachusetts. This is a precursor to the more advanced Green Gateway Guide that will be published in the Spring of 2010.

The Green Industry Map of Western Massachusetts includes the following:

• Full color 18" x 22" format
• Analysed by county
• Broken down by county
• Broken down by 10 market sectors
• Color coded
• Geo-coded
• More than 325 companieslListed
• Green companies rated by the Green Gateway Index ( GGI )