Representatives from three different community initiatives are collaborating to better connect to the community and improve the effects of urban revitalization.
Comments from the public will be part of the feasibility study and used to inform the recommendations to the Army Corps of Engineers for planning purposes.
Rather than the Hoosic River's concrete-contained waters that flow largely unseen through the city, some residents see places for fishing and swimming, bike and pedestrian paths, and spaces for gathering and belonging.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren got a closeup view the "concrete scar" that runs through the center of North Adams. After standing in the rain to observe the collapsed panel at Willow Dell, she said she understood the need repairing or replacing the 70-year-old flood chutes.