Introducing Metro Center Voice — Our Monthly Newsletter on all Things Metro
Our inaugural issue arrives with a giveaway from Springfield Wine Exchange. Subscribe within the next month to enter.
Welcome to the conversation
Today marks the first issue of Metro Center Voice — a new publication built to amplify the businesses at the heart of downtown Springfield. Our mission is straightforward: celebrate the shops, restaurants, firms, and employers that make Metro Center work, and make sure their hopes and concerns are heard when downtown’s future is decided. We’re pro–Metro Center, not anti-anything — a durable champion of downtown that also asks the hard questions.
A launch worth toasting
There’s no better way to kick things off than by raising a glass to the businesses we cover. So we’re giving one lucky subscriber a premium bottle of WhistlePig 10-Year “Snout to Tail” Straight Bourbon Whiskey — aged ten years, 88 proof, barrel-toasted, 750ml. It’s a coveted, award-winning pour from one of New England’s most celebrated distilleries, hand-selected for us by our partners at Springfield Wine Exchange in Tower Square.
Spotlight: Springfield Wine Exchange
The bottle comes courtesy of Carlo Bonavita, owner of Springfield Wine Exchange, a boutique wine and spirits shop in Tower Square and a downtown fixture. Carlo built his business on what he calls “old-school service” — hand-selected products, personal recommendations (tell him what you’re having for dinner and he’ll match the wine), regular tastings, curbside pickup, and deliveries to nearby offices.
“Metro Center downtown is why I came here,” he told us in a recent In Their Own Words interview. “It was the only place in Springfield where I felt I could achieve that success.” That’s exactly the spirit Metro Center Voice exists to champion — and exactly why we’re proud to partner with him for our first giveaway.
How to enter
Entering is simple, and free:
- Visit metrocentervoice.com.
- Subscribe to the Metro Center Voice newsletter.
- That’s it — every subscriber is automatically entered.
Entries are open for one month. We’ll draw one winner at random shortly after and notify them by email.
Must be 21 or older to win. Winner is responsible for pickup at Springfield Wine Exchange in Tower Square. No purchase necessary.
About Metro Center Voice
Metro Center Voice is published by Garvey Communication Associates, Inc. (GCAi) — a Metro Center business for 28 years and publisher of the Tower Square Times — and sponsored by GCAi, Jeb Balise, and Dinesh Patel. Welcome to the conversation. We’re glad you’re here.