One of the things I love about Western Massachusetts is the fact it's home to everyone. There are so many ethnic groups here adding a great deal of culture and diversity to our region.

I regularly have promoted small business and businesses owned by what is called minority owners. We frequently see stories about Black, Hispanic and women owned businesses but there is a new group of people who are adding businesses and jobs to our area and that's Indian immigrants.

In this edition of the podcast, I spoke with two business owners Raj Sanghvi of Chicopee, who owns two businesses there, and Dinesh Patel who is the owner/ managing partner of the Springfield Marriot.

In my commentary I speak about the reasons people vote. Thanks for listening!