PITTSFIELD â Except for a few tangibles, like site plans and environmental assessments, visible signs of development at the William Stanley Business Park had been few and far between, until last year.
The biggest achievement was the opening of the much-anticipated $13.8 million Berkshire Innovation Center, which officially was dedicated last year, two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the local economy.
But, the momentum appears to be continuing.
This year, the city of Pittsfield and the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority have received $1.1 million in state money to prepare the parkâs largest building site for development, and construction on a 20,000-square-foot marijuana-cultivation facility is expected to begin this summer, on a parcel located across from the center.
PITTSFIELD Except for a few tangibles, like site plans and environmental assessments, visible signs of development at the William Stanley Business Park had been few and far between, until
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GREAT BARRINGTON â Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity wants to build a cluster of up to 20 homes on a sliver of town-owned land off Route 41 in Housatonic.
The project would create the townâs first homes designated as affordable â nearly half of the units would be reserved for households making 80 percent or less of the areaâs median income.
The town acquired the 7.5-acre parcel, known as the Alden property, last year for $175,000, and entrusted its development to the Great Barrington Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The Habitat proposal was the only one submitted for the site.
The formal vetting of the plan got underway Friday, when the board heard details about the plan via Zoom. Habitat is proposing 14 to 20 homes at varying costs, to be built in phases, said Carolyn Valli, Habitatâs CEO. It would begin with seven homes, and more would be added gradually, in collaboration with Construct Inc. and the community.