Berkshire Enterprises Offering Free Entrepeneurial Training Program| 10:34AM / Wednesday, March 27, 2013 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Enterprises announced that it will offer a free 20-week entrepreneurial training program for displaced workers.
The new training program will begin April 16. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The program aims to help people learn and conduct market research to test out their business ideas. The program is being revised to cover all areas of writing a plan to delveloping the idea and marketing strategy. The training includes basic financial projections.
Interested unemployed workers can contact Steve Fogel, program director of Berkshire Enterprises, at 0 Comments
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Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield Being Sold at AuctionStaff Reports,
04:40PM / Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ferrin Gallery building at 433-439 North St. will be auctioned off at foreclosure on Tuesday, April 9, at 11 a.m.
Gallery has reportedly closed and moved to Cummington.
The gallery operated by Leslie Ferrin opened on North Street in 2007, after five years in Lenox, with much fanfare as a symbol of the city's resurgence through the creative economy.
Ferrin and business partner Donald Clark put the building on the market in early 2011 for $350,000, but she told The Berkshire Eagle on Wednesday that there have been no offers and the building was no longer "an effective use of our
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Williamstown Broker Joins Burnham Gold Real Estate| 03:00PM / Monday, March 18, 2013 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kim Burnham and Rebecca Gold have announced the expansion of Burnham Gold Real Estate with the addition of Tom Elder.
Established in April 2011, Burnham Gold is located at 191 Water St. and focuses on residential, commercial, land and rental properties.
Elder, a longtime real estate broker with Elder and Associates, joined the firm as of March 18. A resident of Williamstown, he is a past president of the Northern Berkshire YMCA and past board member of Northern Berkshire Regional Hospital.
He has also served on both the Board of Realtors and the Board of Multiple Listing Services. He enjoys working with sellers and buyers of
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North Adams City Hall Seeking Part-Time PlannerStaff Reports,
05:40PM / Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city is looking for a part-time planner to help with the completion of the master plan and in implementing it.
Mayor Richard Alcombright had stated his intention last month to fill the post as soon as possible. He said a planner will be essential to bringing the city's zoning and ordinances into alignment with the master plan and in researching and writing grants.
The city hasn't had a master plan in some 40 years. The mayor has said he wants to put economic and community development in the forefront, and putting more support into the community development office will be necessary to achieve the master plan's goals.
The city hopes
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North Adams Verizon Store Under New OwnershipBy Andy McKeever,
05:00PM / Friday, March 01, 2013 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Wireless Zone, an authorized Verizon Wireless store on Main Stree,t has new owners, who are looking to expand inventory and remodel the showroom.
On Friday, owners Nate Bastarache and Keith Parzych moved into their new store after buying the business. The North Adams location is the fifth Bastarache will own and second in the Berkshires.
Over the next two weeks, the store will still be open but the owners will be completely overhauling the interior. The store will be a fully staffed, with five to six employees, open seven days a week and carry all Verizon products, including Apple
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