The city was recently awarded $163,500 in grant funding from the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to help cover the cost of engineering and permitting associated with repairs and improvements to the Colburn Pond dam at Barrett Park.
Five Berkshire towns, a county agency and a startup accelerator, are among nine state entities in Western Massachusetts that have received a total of $460,000 in state grant funding to
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Beth Card says the Connecticut River Valley and Southeast regions will join the Northeast and Central.