The Road to Progress

Kennedy calls State Street in Springfield an 'educational corri there are three high schools with that mailing address and two colleges, AIC and STCC, border it.

But it's also a religious corridor, said Kennedy, senior aide to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, noting that several churches and the headquarters for the Archdiocese of Greater Springfield are on or just off the road. And it's a business corridor MassMutual's sprawling headquarters lie near its east end - as well as an historical corridor; Shays' Rebellion was waged near the Springfield Armory, now home to the STCC campus, and the street is considered part of the famous Boston Post Road.

"It's a very important road that …