Greylock Mill Project Awarded 2 USDA Grants

The Weave Shed at the Greylock Mill is being redeveloped into a local foods production facility. The project recently received grants for a cheese cave and for training and marketing.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The owners of the Greylock Mill and city and regional development officials will be announcing nearly $200,000 in private and public funding next Tuesday toward the creation of a local foods production facility.

Latent Productions, an architectural and development firm out of New York City, purchased the century-plus mill this past summer as Greylock Works with the intention to transform it into a local produce market and processing facility, condominiums and a hotel.

The first phase is to be focused on the promotion of local food resources by transforming the former Weave Shed of the old textile mill into spaces for food production, sales and related events.

The project recently received two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through two of its partners — 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance Inc. and the city of North Adams.

Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:15PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024

Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public access channels should be supported and made more available to the public — and not be subject to a charge.

 

More than three dozen community members in-person and online attended the public hearing  Wednesday on public access and service from Spectrum/Charter Communications. The session at City Hall was held for residents in Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg and North Adams to express their concerns to Spectrum ahead of another 10-year contract that starts in October.

 

Listening via Zoom but not speaking was Jennifer Young, director state government affairs at Charter.

 

One speaker after another conveyed how critical local access television is to the community and emphasized the need for affordable and reliable services, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly. 

 

"I don't know if everybody else feels the same way but they have a monopoly," said Clarksburg resident David Emery. "They control everything we do because there's nobody else to go to. You're stuck with with them."

 

Public access television, like the 30-year-old Northern Berkshire Community Television, is funded by cable television companies through franchise fees, member fees, grants and contributions.

 

Spectrum is the only cable provider in the region and while residents can shift to satellite providers or streaming, Northern Berkshire Community Television is not available on those alternatives and they may not be easy for some to navigate. For instance, the Spectrum app is available on smart televisions but it doesn't include PEG, the public, educational and governmental channels provided by NBCTC.