Pioneer Valley Healthy Air Network

Are you concerned about air quality and asthma?

The Pioneer Valley Healthy Air Network is  a network of over air quality monitors in Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke that gather real-time data on air pollution.

This project is a collaboration of the following organizations: Live Well Springfield, Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition, ReGreen Springfield, City of Springfield, City of Holyoke, Earthwatch, and Yale School of Public Health. Funding provided by the MA Attorney General’s Office of Environmental Enforcement and MA Municipal Vulnerability Program.

Over the past year, we convened a group of residents and stakeholders to support and guide the process to

• Identify air quality monitoring sites in each city.
• Help create community messaging about the installation of the air quality monitors and ways to use the information to inform the community
• Build an understanding of climate resilience and environmental justice initiatives and advocacy in Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke.
• Promote and share other climate resilience and environmental justice initiatives efforts in the community

In April, we will reconvene the collaboration and will open up applications for Resident Advisors.

To apply to be a Resident Advisor, click on Apply Now or contact: 
Samantha Hamilton
Live Well Springfield Director of Coalition Building & Community Engagement
Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
413-794-2807