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Pittsfield City Council OKs Lee Bank's 2nd Location on South Street

Lee Bank CEO Chuck Leach tells the council he is happy that the bank was able to compromise with the neighbors and community. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday.

Pittsfield Board Grants Special Permit for Carr Hardware Window Art

Pittsfield Panel Approves 10-Year TIE for Tyler Street Firehouse

Pittsfield Approves New Downtown Creative District, Debates Affordable Housing Requirements

4:13 The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council embraced a new downtown zoning policy after a debate about affordable housing at its virtual meeting Tuesday night. “We had heard for years about some of the concerns about around the ground floor uses, especially that are on North Street and South Street, and their lack of creation of pedestrian activity or street interest on the street to really try to try to provide a cohesive neighborhoods and cohesive downtown Some of the suburban uses that are really parking dominated in the urban renewal area, specifically on the West Street, Center Street area. And that there are a lot of historic buildings that we want to encourage, reuse. And understand that some of our regulations don t necessarily hinder but can really slow down projects.”

New blueprint for downtown development now the law in Pittsfield

PITTSFIELD — A new set of zoning policies will guide development in downtown Pittsfield, allowing entrepreneurs to seek permits faster, with less hassle. The City Council backed the new Downtown Creative District in a 9-1 vote Tuesday, but not before one councilor questioned whether it was giving developers a pass on efforts to provide more affordable housing in Pittsfield. City Planner C.J. Hoss told councilors that the new zoning, sent to the council by the Community Development Board, replaces rules in place since 2004, when the city took steps to steer the kind of development it wanted to see downtown through what became known as the Downtown Arts Overlay District.