Steven Valenti and his store, Steven Valenti’s Clothing, have been downtown Pittsfield institutions for 37 years. Steve hasn’t slowed down in that time, working 6 days a week in his beloved store at 157 North Street, until the Coronavirus forced him to temporarily close his storefront. Steve misses his customers terribly, but he has found…
First Fridays Artswalk is a free, public, monthly program of the Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts. First Fridays Artswalk connects businesses, galleries, artists, and the community to create an “Artswalk” on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 pm February – December. First Fridays Artswalk was created in May…
Hancock Shaker Village is the only cultural institution in the Berkshires that can say it is both a museum and a working farm, and Jennifer Trainer Thompson, President and CEO, is probably the only museum director who can say “I have a lamb eating my coat” in the middle of an interview. The Village is…
“The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network’s Berkshire Regional Office provides free and confidential one-to-one business assistance to prospective and existing small businesses. Services are available to Massachusetts start-ups and existing businesses located in Berkshire County. Areas of assistance include business plan development, pre-venture feasibility, conventional and non-conventional financing, cash flow analysis, organizational and personnel issues and marketing.”…
Tell us about The Marketplace Cafe: “The Marketplace is a community builder,” says Robbie Robles, General Manager of the Marketplace Café. “We have this amazing food that speaks for itself. David Renner and Kevin Schmitz who started the Marketplace (with their specialty prepared foods at first) are both chefs with amazing skills. We have an…