Berkshire Enterprises Breakfast Business Forum

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Berkshire Enterprises is holding its next Free Business Breakfast Forum on Friday February 6th from 7:30-9:00 AM in the third floor Board Room at One Fenn Street in Pittsfield. The Forum is titled How Do You Handle Your Customer’s Problems? Steve Fogel, Program Director of Berkshire Enterprises will lead a discussion of where business men and women what business owners do when they are faced with a customer who has a problem.

Customer problems provide businesses with a chance to prove that the businesses care about customers and that they provide quality products and services that customers can depend on. We will discuss how to exceed customer expectations and still run a profitable business.

The forum will include a discussion by participants of their experiences with customers who had less than perfect experience with the products and services that they bought. We will also discuss our own experiences as customers with problems. We will discuss what works and what does not work?

The Forum is funded by generous support from Greylock Federal Credit Union, Legacy Banks, Berkshire Bank, TD Banknorth, and the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank in space provided by CompuWorks. The forum is aimed at owners and managers of small businesses and those who support small businesses. The forums include an active discussion of techniques that work and can be implemented easily. A light breakfast is included. Anyone who is interested in attending should register by calling Steve Fogel at 413-236-2141. Space is limited and reservations are required.

Berkshire Enterprises is a program of the Office for Workforce Development at Berkshire Community College.

1350 West Street Pittsfield, MA 01201 - 413-236-2141 Now located at Berkshire Community College
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction is underway to transform the former Harry's Supermarket into a restaurant

Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building. 

"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu. 

A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building. 

White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.  

He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns. 

Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot. 

A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use. 

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