Of the many lessons the pandemic taught us, an important one is that we must find ways to come together to surmount unforeseen challenges that would otherwise drive us apart. We can learn a lot from two local businesses in West Stockbridge.
Earlier this year, a winding series of events that spans three decades suddenly presented an issue for neighboring downtown businesses Truc Orient Express and The Foundry. More than 20 years ago, the town converted a bridge over the Williams River to only allow foot traffic, severing vehicle access to Harris Street, which ends at Truc. That left the Vietnamese restaurant and the properties on which it sits landlocked without access via public roads, with just a single drivable artery to and from the restaurant: a private road unofficially known as Merritt Way.
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WEST STOCKBRIDGE Two business owners now are trying to resolve a dispute created by decadeslong municipal negligence for a street grid that has trapped a restaurant in a corner
WEST STOCKBRIDGE More than two decades ago, the town barred vehicles from a bridge off Main Street that spans the Williams River, converting it to a footbridge.