The posters were found across the street, some piled up by the church, some stuck back into the ground. PITTSFIELD, Mass. A strange act of vandalism occurred on Tuesday around noon when the Berkshire Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force s art installation in Park Square that calls attention to street harassment was taken down and moved. It is not clear whether this was a prank or an act of harassment. Somebody thought it would be amusing to take down all our signs and move them across the street and put them on the church and the bank lawns, planning committee co-chair Susan Birns said, who went immediately to the scene when notified by a task force member around 4 on Tuesday.
The Homelessness Advisory Committee on Wednesday voted to include a 15-minute open microphone at the beginning of their sessions, allowing members of the public to speak for three minutes each. This was brought to the panel by Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio and passed 8-5 with Berkshire Department of Mental Health Site Director Christine Haley, Chairwoman Kim Borden, Community Development & Housing Program Manager Justine Dodds, Christian Center Food Director Karen Ryan, and re-entry facilitator at Berkshire County Sheriff s Office Michael McMahon voting in opposition. Committee member Edward Carmel, who was not present at this meeting, has previously spoken in support of having an open microphone at meetings.
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The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance outlined the pilot project, called A Place to Live, to the Homelessness Advisory Committee on Wednesday. The nonprofit s President Joseph Finn said the organization is working with Mayor Linda Tyer s office to create housing that he says is a cost-effective model of permanent supportive housing that can be replicated across the state. Right now, do we really need people living one, two, three, or four years within a shelter? Finn said. We can do better than this. MHSA is receiving about $150,000 per year for the next five years to help fund this project. A Place To Live is also referred to as the Worcester Model because, in June 2020, Worcester Housing Authority became the first agency in the state to receive permits and state approval for adopting the micro-unit concept. A Place to Live: Worcester will provide permanent supportive housing for adults experiencing long-term homelessness with 24 roo