Elect Tim Wagner - Council At Large

12/18/2024

Let’s get these projects in Chicopee!

Developers are promising a fall 2025 opening for the 386,00-square-foot development at the site of the old Eastfield Mall.

12/16/2024

Supporting students experiencing homelessness is about ensuring every child has the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their circumstances. I'm pleased to announce that Chicopee Public Schools has been awarded a $30,000 McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant! This funding will help ensure that students experiencing homelessness can enroll, attend, and thrive in school.

12/16/2024

After considering additional public feedback and recognizing conflicts with other events, please keep in mind that today's and tomorrow's Community Meetings have been rescheduled. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience these changes may cause and appreciate your flexibility. Your participation is important, and we hope these new times will allow more of our community members to attend.

Thank you for your continued support and engagement.

The new date and times are as follows:
Tuesday, January 7, 2024
Location: Chicopee Public Schools Administration Building
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM & 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

12/10/2024

Our Colleen Contest Application is open every January to young women who reside in Chicopee and are between 17 and 20 years of age.

12/05/2024

Thanks to all who joined us at The Friends of the Library Annual Meeting.
A special THANKS to Sarah the Fiddler for providing holiday music.
This year was an AMAZING fundraising year! Thank you to all who participated in our events, whether you bought raffle tickets, attended a concert, golfed in the tournament, or bought desserts at our bake sale. We appreciate your support of the library.
This years FCPL donation to the library was 🎉🎉 $17,000. 🎉🎉

12/05/2024

11/09/2024

This week, the City Council approved an appropriation of $73,000 along with a job description for an Economic Development Director, a position which Chicopee once had and in recent years has been without.

This position will be vital to bringing new growth and business opportunities to Chicopee that will help create jobs, offset residential taxes, and put Chicopee back on the map.

I want to thank City of Chicopee - Mayor's Office for their work in drafting this job description at the Council’s request, and I look forward to working with whoever fills this vital role.

07/08/2024

*Ahem* No

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05/07/2024

Statement regarding last nights Committee of the Whole meeting:

It’s incredibly disheartening to see that another proposal to genuinely better the governmental structure of the City of Chicopee has fallen flat with little or no discussion. However, that’s just the democratic process, and life will go on. I can only hope that future administrations within Chicopee are as committed to providing funding to our schools as this one claims to be. If the time arises I hope that proposals like my non-binding ballot initiative to have appointed rather than elected officials or this special act giving the Council more control over local finances can be reconsidered. But that will be for a more forward thinking generation of politicians to accomplish if and when they see fit.

I know that many of my colleagues on the Council find me tiresome to work with at times, but I hope they know that every order and motion I put forward, I do it to try to improve how local government works for the people of the City of Chicopee. At the end of the day, we’re all trying to work toward that goal even if we disagree on a few votes. I’m proud of the robust and efficient public services Chicopee provides while keeping taxes comparatively low. I think they stand to function just a little better with some meaningful reform and discussion, and I’m proud to be the only one starting those discussions.

Tim Wagner