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What to bring/wear:
Dress neat/comfortable and for the changing weather. There is no AC or heat in the building. Bring layers.
Zippered bags are best so your belongings don’t get spilled into the community storage bucket.
We have a water cooler in the booth. You can pack food, purchase food from our building kitchen or out on the grounds.
Directions to Big E Employee Shuttle Lot – 7 Western Ave, West Springfield
Get to 91 South and take Exit 10B (formerly 13B) Turn right off the Exit. Follow Route 5 (Riverdale St) for about a mile.
After the Cinemas there is a light. Just after the light, fork to the right onto Elm Street. You will pass the back entrance to Candlewood Suites (our hotel) on your left. This is where you will be deviating from your GPS.
To continue to the Shuttle Lot - Follow Elm Street for just over a mile. At the third SECOND light (lights marked with red dots on map), turn right onto Park Street. YOU NOW TURN AT THE SECOND LIGHT (WHICH IS AFTER THE NEW ROUND-ABOUT)
Once on Park Street, IMMEDIATELY into left lane. At the first light turn left onto Western Ave. The Employee Parking lot is on your left – look for white and yellow tent. If this lot is full, they will direct you around the corner to lot 2.
Your GPS will direct you other ways – be aware that traffic can be very heavy coming in from Springfield Downtown. We recommend that you take Elm Street and let your GPS re-route you!
Kelly Bryer 603-851-8624
GETTING BACK
To leave employee lot, turn right onto Western Avenue. At light, go straight across to Van Deene Ave.
At end, turn right onto Route 20.
At end of Route 20, turn left onto Elm Street. Follow Elm Street to Candlewood Suites.
To get to I-91 North, at end of Elm Street, turn left. Follow Route 5 (Riverdale St) to
I-91 (both directions) on right.
Candlewood Suites:
572 Riverdale St (Route 5)
West Springfield, MA 01089
We use entrance on Elm Street – easier entrance.
Getting to the Shuttle Lot(s):
Leave with extra time for your shift to account for traffic and shuttle ride.
Dress clean and comfortable in your everyday clothes. No offensive, political, or non-NH shifts (that includes NE sports teams like Red Sox…). We will have a NH Tourism Booth name tag and apron for you to wear.
Drive to the Big E employee shuttle lot at Sullivan Paper, 7 Western Avenue, W. Springfield MA (Maps included in packet we mailed). Look for a tent at the entrance. Shuttle comes every 10 minutes or so. Bring your admission ticket with you and have your parking letter handy just in case they ask. The shuttles are 15 passenger vans with a step.
There are 2 lots. Go to Lot 1 first. If it’s full, go to Lot 2.
There is a third lot in Agawam. Pajer’s Field – it’s across from Pajer’s Superette whose address is 400 Cooper St, Agawam, MA 01001.
Shuttle will drop you at the Transportation Center behind the Avenue of States. When the driver asks, tell them you are going to GATE 1. As you enter the grounds, turn left – the NH Building is the last one on the right. You can enter from the front or back. If it’s before 10am, you must use the rear door (it should be cracked – or knock). There is a side door that goes through the commercial kitchen that is always open (faces the Moses Building).
Check in at the booth. We will show you where to put your things and point you to the restrooms. Staff bathrooms are upstairs (on 2nd and 3rd floors) in our building or Porta Potty in a fenced area behind building or public restroom across from the front of the building.
If you are early, you can store your belongings in the booth and explore The Big E.
When you are ready to leave, go to the Transportation Center to board a shuttle back. Note that there are two shuttles that come in. You are Western Ave (not Agawam). The Western Ave shuttle goes to the 2 Sullivan Paper lots. The shuttle is great about driving you near your car when it’s dark. Lots are lit and fenced.
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