More Outdoor & Indoor Recreation Coming to the Berkshires
Information from a press release from Mill Town
Mill Town to acquire Berkshire West Athletic Club and the former Lakeside Christian Camp; plans to expand Bousquet brand with additional recreational assets.
Linkage of three co-located sports and outdoor recreation properties creates new hub for outdoor recreation in the Berkshires.
Mill Town announced that it has acquired the former Lakeside Christian Camp, a 135-acre property located on Richmond Pond in Pittsfield. Additionally, Mill Town has an agreement in place to acquire the Berkshire West Athletic Club nearby on Dan Fox Drive in Pittsfield, across from Bousquet Mountain.
Mill Town Expanding Bousquet Umbrella
Mill Town Capital, the new owner of Bousquet Mountain ski area, is expanding its recreational holdings with the purchase of two nearby properties, which also will be placed under the Bousquet umbrella.
The company Friday announced the acquisition of the former Lakeside Christian Camp at Richmond Pond in Pittsfield, according to a news release. It also has an agreement to purchase the Berkshire West Athletic Club on Dan Fox Drive, just across from Bousquet Mountain. That transaction is scheduled to close by the end of the year.
The three properties are in proximity to one another and offer a diversity of year-round features and amenities that include outdoor recreation, indoor athletics training, watersports and lodging, the release stated.
PITTSFIELD â Mill Town Capital, the new owner of Bousquet Mountain ski area, is expanding its recreational holdings with the purchase of two nearby properties, which also will be placed under the Bousquet umbrella.
The company Friday announced the acquisition of the former Lakeside Christian Camp at Richmond Pond in Pittsfield, according to a news release. It also has an agreement to purchase the Berkshire West Athletic Club on Dan Fox Drive, just across from Bousquet Mountain. That transaction is scheduled to close by the end of the year.
The three properties are in proximity to one another and offer a diversity of year-round features and amenities that include outdoor recreation, indoor athletics training, watersports and lodging, the release stated.
Local investment group Mill Town Capital is expanding Bousquet to two additional locations, creating a trifecta of outdoor and indoor recreation properties within five minutes of the ski area. Mill Town on Friday announced it is acquiring Berkshire West Athletic Club across from Bousquet and the former Lakeside Christian Camp on Richmond Pond. Berkshire West will be renamed Bousquet Sport and Lakeside Christian Camp will be known as The Camp by Bousquet. It anticipates closing on both properties by the end of the year. These three properties will offer diverse, year-round amenities that include outdoor recreation, indoor athletics training, water sports, and lodging under the Bousquet brand.
RICHMOND â Balderdash Cellars, the winery relocated from a Pittsfield commercial building basement to a 25-acre farm just south of the city line, near Richmond Pond, has won conditional approval from the Select Board to renovate a deteriorated barn on the property to host events, primarily indoors, including music.
As one of a mere handful of businesses in the rural town, Balderdash and its owners, Christian and Donna Hanson, have been welcomed warmly by many residents. But, some others, particularly residents of the nearby lake, have objected to noise from outdoor entertainment events.
In addition to the barn, the property purchased in spring 2018 for $475,000 includes a new 5,000-square-foot, two-level tasting room/wine-making facility that can hold 100 visitors, and a farmhouse with a basement brewery. Hanson has explained his move to the bucolic setting by pointing out that âpeople who come to this area often come from the city, and they donât want to go back to