PITTSFIELD â The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everything during the past 12 months, and the Berkshire County economy was no exception.
As the regionâs economy begins to recover, itâs worth looking back at where the Berkshires have been, businesswise, since March 2020. Here is a brief retrospective of some of the events that have taken place.
Learning to pivot
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing in Lee uses state-of-the-art technology to produce sterile injectable drugs for pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are in clinical studies for the treatment of diseases. It originally was approached by the federal government in early March 2020, to gauge its interest in helping to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, the company used its facilities to help clients develop medications for people who had contracted the virus.
PITTSFIELD â Except for a few tangibles, like site plans and environmental assessments, visible signs of development at the William Stanley Business Park had been few and far between, until last year.
The biggest achievement was the opening of the much-anticipated $13.8 million Berkshire Innovation Center, which officially was dedicated last year, two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the local economy.
But, the momentum appears to be continuing.
This year, the city of Pittsfield and the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority have received $1.1 million in state money to prepare the parkâs largest building site for development, and construction on a 20,000-square-foot marijuana-cultivation facility is expected to begin this summer, on a parcel located across from the center.
PITTSFIELD Except for a few tangibles, like site plans and environmental assessments, visible signs of development at the William Stanley Business Park had been few and far between, until
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Councilor at Large Earl Persip III has announced he will be running for his third two-year term. I wanted to re-run because It comes down to one thing, he said last week. I believe in Pittsfield, and I believe we re moving in a positive direction. And I want to keep that momentum. And I want to be part of that momentum. And I want to be a voice in how we move forward. The councilor s announcement come after the decisions of three of his colleagues not to run: Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Morandi, Ward 4 Councilor Chris Connell, and Ward 3 Councilor Nicholas Caccamo announced early this year that they would not seek re-election.