HadleyGuide.com
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Welcome to Hadley Guide, Hadley Massachusetts, part of the Pioneer Valley Guide Network, by eCommunityGuide.
Description
eCommunityGuide.com, launched on December 15, 2000, is an award winning business concept developed by a team of UMass graduate and undergraduate business students. Our mission is to design a network of online community web sites that serves as an indispensable extension of each community in the Pioneer Valley, acting as a local lens, making everyday living easier and more enjoyable. We harness the power of technology to meet the needs of the community by making information instantly accessible and communication more effective. Our virtual merchant and visitor guides will enable local businesses to reach a larger and more highly defined audience, propelling local commerce into the digital age. Our targeted audience includes local residents, community merchants, prospective residents, and external parties seeking information about the locale. Through the development of a network of community web sites, we plan to create a vital platform for shaping synergistic relationships that will utilize economies of scale and enhance the vitality of the community and its individuals.
Founder Peter A. Gelinas developed the concept for an online community guide back in early 1997, with the development of Hadley Online (www.hadleyonline.com), an information site serving the town of Hadley, Massachusetts. After noticing a constant stream of visitors to Hadley Online each week (often exceeding 2,500 visits in a town with a population of just over 4,400 residents) Gelinas decided to recruit a team that would expand upon his original concept. This resulted in the birth of eCommunityGuide.com, which was later awarded as a finalist in the April 2000, Mass Ventures Five College Business Plan Competition and recipient of a grant by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).
Development of the eCommunityGuide charter network is a credit to the efforts of over 15 core people to date, as well as numerous strategic partnerships and alliances that serve to enhance the offerings of the community sites. Our goal is to continually grow our network, ultimately expanding across the entire Pioneer Valley and new regions. Through continuous improvement and active user feedback, eCommunityGuide.com plans to regularly enhance its features, tailoring the network sites to the specific needs of each community.
Contact
- Dot.Inc Solutions, Incorporated
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- Hadley MA
- United States 01035
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- 413-584-7730
