Perfectly in line with the values of the Boston Red Sox Management. I’m sure the Boston Globe will have an article on this.

I am a big believer in the future of Springfield. It is due for an economic and a cultural renaissance, so to speak. I think a combination of “traditional” suburbs becoming too expensive for young families who will need to start looking for more affordable places. Plenty of homes in Springfield and the surrounding area that are either just affordable or cheap enough and in need of some TLC. Already, plenty of the old mills in places like Holyoke are being repurposed, and Western Mass is THE Heart of the East Coast cannabis industry which has tremendous growth potential. I lived in Enfield my whole life and always had a negative view of a Springfield I only heard classist and racist opinions of. Since I’ve met my partner from Springfield, I have spent much more time in the city and area; we just put an offer down on a house in Springfield in fact. Like everywhere, there are plenty of problems (teenagers on illegal dirt bikes driving like it’s the streets of Bogota), but all I can see is potential for the type of growth that the Carolinas have been seeing.