David and Laurie Tierney, owners of 273-297 North St., joined with the Fitzpatrick family to completely renovate the four floors and open Hotel on North.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Owner of the Red Lion Inn Nancy Fitzpatrick knows the hospitality industry. She saw an unserved market in Pittsfield and tried to find a location for a new hotel.
On Thursday, she stood in front of hundreds of people and told them that Hotel on North will "deliver one of the best hotel experiences in New England."
"This has been enormously satisfying, interesting, and joyful experience," Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick's Main Street Hospitality partnered with David and Laurie Tierney to build the new Hotel on North in the 19th-century former Besse Clark Building at 273-297 North St.. The high-end, boutique hotel was a $14 million project featuring 45 rooms and a restaurant and bar.
The hotel is particularly welcome for the 12,000-room nights needed in the region from midweek through the weekend for business travelers, according to a market study they performed. The restaurant will be a way to serve both local residents and visitors.
Sara Eustis of Main Street Hospitality, managers of the Red Lion and Hotel on North, said David Tierney once described it as a "three-headed dog" because it serves locals, the business people, and tourists. She jokingly presented Tierney with a graphic depiction of the concept at the open house.
The restaurant, Eat on North, is in the space formerly occupied by Dragon Spice and Mad Jacks. It will be run by Executive Chef Brian Alberg, who has 28 years of professional experience with the most recent being executive chef at the Red Lion Inn. The bar is known as Drink on North.
"We're just going to do a different flair," Alberg said.
The venture is owned under MM&D, which is a joint business between the Fitzpatricks and the Tierneys. The four-story hotel includes a second-floor banquet space, lobby, gift shop, and business center.
"It is not just what we have done. It is what everybody in this room and so many people have done," David Tierney said before reading a long list of thank yous. "We truly appreciate everything you've done."
The hotel will be managed by Lindsay Struck. Bruce Finn is the the chief operating officer.
"It is gratifying after all of the effort, planning and work, to be here tonight," Finn said.
The hotel has had a "soft opening." Thursday's kick off with hundreds of area people touring, eating, and drinking represented the hotel's splash into operations.
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Pittsfield Officials: Unlimited Trash Not Sustainable, Toters Offer Cost-Savings
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Unlimited trash pickup is not sustainable and will lead to higher taxes, city officials say.
Mayor Peter Marchetti began public outreach on Monday on the proposed five-year contract with Casella Waste Management for solid waste and recyclables. Older residents packed into the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center for the first of three community meetings.
On the table is a move to automated pickup utilizing 48-gallon toters, which would be at no cost to residents unless they require additional toters and would save the city $80,000 per year.
The goal is to execute a contract by July 1, the start of the fiscal year.
"Trash collection is not free. You're already paying for it as part of your taxes that you pay. In this administration, in this proposal there is no 'I'm looking to create a trash tax,''' Marchetti said, explaining that trash pickup for fiscal year 2025 is around $5.1 million and has doubled since he first served on the council in 2002.
"So we need to find a way to stem the cost of trash."
Some of the seniors praised the new plan while others had concerns, asking questions like "What is going to happen to the trash cans we have now?" "What if I live in rural Pittsfield and have a long driveway?" and "What happens if my toter is stolen?"
"I've lived in a lot of other places and know this is a big innovation that is taking place over the last 20,30 years," one resident said. "It's worked in most places. It's much better than throwing bags of garbage on the side of the road."
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