Senator Adam Gomez

This investment is about creating opportunity while strengthening the workforce our region depends on. Western Massachusetts continues to face significant demand for skilled health care professionals, and this grant will help connect residents with high-quality training that leads directly to family-sustaining careers. At the same time, it will help local hospitals, health centers, and emergency medical providers recruit the skilled workforce they need to continue delivering quality care. Investments like this strengthen our economy, expand opportunity, and build a healthier future for our communities.

Senator Gómez Highlights $500k Workforce Grant to Expand Health Care Career Pathways — Senator Adam Gomez Senator Adam Gómez today highlighted a $500,000 state investment that will expand health care workforce training in Hampden County, helping prepare local residents for in-demand careers while strengthening the region's health care system. The funding, awarded to the MassHire Hampden County Workforc

Homeownership should be within reach for working families.

This Sunday, Way Finders is hosting an open house at a brand-new affordable home at 18 Highland St. in Springfield from 1:00–3:00 PM.

Through the City of Homes program, qualified first-time homebuyers have the opportunity to purchase this newly built, energy-efficient home for $210,000 through a lottery.

If you’ve been thinking about buying your first home, I encourage you to stop by, tour the home, and learn more about the application process. The lottery deadline is July 22.

Programs like this help strengthen our neighborhoods, expand access to affordable homeownership, and create opportunities for families to build long-term stability and generational wealth.

Learn more: WayFinders.org/springfieldhomes.

For more than fifteen years, residents of Greater Springfield have fought the long-proposed Palmer Renewable Energy biomass facility because they understood what was at stake: the health of their families, the air they breathe, and the future of their community. By closing this biomass loophole, the Senate reaffirmed that our climate policies should be guided by science, not outdated assumptions. Taxpayer-supported clean energy programs should invest in truly clean energy, and communities that have carried environmental burdens for far too long deserve policies that put public health first. Today's vote is a significant victory for environmental justice and for everyone who refused to give up on protecting Springfield.

Senator Gómez Secures Biomass Reform in Senate Energy Bill — Senator Adam Gomez Senator Adam Gómez (D-Springfield) secured a major environmental justice victory today as the Massachusetts Senate adopted his Amendment #25 as part of the Senate's comprehensive energy affordability legislation, closing a longstanding loophole that classified woody biomass as an eligible "non