Springfield, Mass. Five individuals or families from the past and present of this region have been selected for induction into the Western Massachusetts Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, located at the Springfield Enterprise Center in the Springfield Technical Community College Technology Park.  The announcement was made today at a reception in the Enterprise Center honoring the inductees and their families or descendents. 

The formal induction will take place on Thursday, October 9, with an induction banquet following that evening at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House.  Proceeds from the banquet are used to support entrepreneurship programs in Western Massachusetts, including the YES! (Young Entrepreneurial Scholars) program, which currently serves more than 1,000 young men and women in two dozen area high schools, and the Community Foundation of Western Mass. student business incubator.