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Sports
High School Football
Hoosac Valley beats Drury in Saturday action. More photos on Monday |
 | Thursday, Nov. 06
Boys' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
McCann Tech 3, Keefe Tech 2
Girls' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
Blackstone Valley 8, McCann Tech 0 |
What's Playing
Milla Jovovich vs. alien abduction in "The Fourth Kind." What more do you need to know?
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Daily Digest
This is Jake
He's been lost in Pittsfield for weeks but frequently sited. He was last seen heading toward the fire station on Peck's Road. He's tired, dirty and needs seizure medication. He's chipped. If you see him, call Julie at 413-537-5616, the vet 24/7 at 413-499-2820 or animal control at 413-448-9700. |
Election
Trying to remember who won what and why? All the information is right here. |
ObituariesSales FliersBazaarsNov. 14
Berkshire Community Church, Richmond
10-4; Crafters, bake sale. Contact Evelyn Goggia at 413-445-5747
Lanesborough Elementary School annual Fall Craft Fair from 10 to 4. Free admission, huge variety of arts and crafts, raffles, food and more. Proceeds go to sixth-grade trip to Cape Cod.
Vendors can contact Deb at 413-738-5349 or debhutton@aol.com or Lori at 413-499-0065 or lorittod@yahoo.com to secure a spot.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Contact Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
Planning a bazaar this season? Submit information to info@iberkshires.com to have it listed here. |
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Downing Announces Gateway Plus Action Grant For Pittsfield10:42AM / Wednesday, November 26, 2008
$75,000 Will Boost Economic Revitalization Efforts and Develop Urban Housing Action Plan
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - State Senator Benjamin B. Downing (D-Pittsfield) is pleased to announce that the City of Pittsfield has been selected to receive a $75,000 Gateway Plus Action Grant (GPAG) through the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
“This new grant program is a fine example of state and local partnership working together to take advantage of a community’s unique assets and to overcome obstacles,” said Downing. “As a Gateway City, Pittsfield is in the midst of revitalization and economic reinvention. This influx of funding will assist in achieving our City’s long-term goals.”
This funding will be used to assist Pittsfield in the development of an Urban Housing Action Plan, a comprehensive assessment of housing needs and an action plan for addressing those needs that encourages a broad range of housing opportunities in the City’s Westside and Morningside neighborhoods.
GPAG is a new program administered by DHCD designed to support affordable housing and economic development opportunities for mixed-income communities across the Commonwealth. Pittsfield, along with seventeen other Massachusetts cities, will each receive the maximum planning grant amount of $75,000, for a total of $1.35 million.
Gateway Plus grants provide assistance for neighborhood or downtown planning activities that expand housing opportunities and that support the revitalization of neighborhoods, including efforts to:
Identify appropriate sites and strategies for a broad range of housing opportunities, either rental or ownership, including affordable, market-rate, workforce, employer-assisted, elderly or special needs.
Expedite housing construction or rehabilitation through regulatory mechanisms such as changes to zoning, streamlined permitting and use of comprehensive permits.
Revitalize neighborhoods that support affordable and workforce housing.
Minimize the impacts of foreclosures.
Expand housing opportunities in downtowns or neighborhood commercial areas.
Applications were competitively scored to determine how well the proposed planning project met grant program requirements and priorities in 10 different areas. Municipalities with populations of more than 35,000 and median and per capita income and educational attainment rates below the state average were eligible. |
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