Pittsfield Realtor Named State Realtor of the Year

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Realtors Commercial Alliance of Massachusetts (RCA-MA) has awarded Barb Davis-Hassan the prestigious Realtor of the Year Award.

Davis-Hassan of Pittsfield and broker/owner of Barb Hassan Realty, serves as the 2016 RCA-MA president. A realtor since 1988, she has earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation, the Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager designation, the Certified Residential Specialist designation, and the Graduate of the Realtor Institute designation.

Davis-Hassan has been a member of the Board of Directors of the RCA-MA since 2008. She serves as a MAR state director, serves on MAR’s Government Affairs Committee, Diversity Task Force, PPPF Subcommittee and on their Forms Content Advisory Committee. She is a director on the Rental Housing Association of Berkshire County, is the chair and recording decretary for the DPW Study Committee for the Town of Lanesborough, and volunteers as secretary, bookkeeper, assistant church clerk, assistant treasurer, promotions ministry leader and sound booth tech team at her church, New Life Community Fellowship in Pittsfield.


She has been a member of the local Chamber of Commerce since the mid 1990s, served from 1997-2011 in various positions on the Berkshire County Board of Realtors and was selected by her peers as the Realtor of the Year in 2008 by the Berkshire County Board of Realtors.

She and her husband Kenny have resided in Lanesborough since 1978.  

The Realtor of the Year Award is granted to an outstanding Realtor member who has made the greatest contribution to the advancement of the real estate profession and the community at large from Jan. 1 of the previous year to the present time. From local Association Realtors of the Year, one will be selected as the Massachusetts Realtor of the Year by the MAR Realtor of the Year Committee.  Recognition of this individual and all local Association Realtors of the Year will be made by the state association the evening of its Professional Awards and Recognition Dinner on Oct. 4, 2016.


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Toy Library Installed at Onota Lake

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Feel free to use or leave a toy at Onota Lake's newest infrastructure meant to foster community and benefit kids.

Burbank Park now has a toy library thanks to Wahconah Regional High School senior Alexandra Bills. Located along the wall at the beach area, the green and blue structure features two shelves with sand toys that can be used to enhance children's visits.

The Parks Commission supported Bills' proposal in February as part of her National Honors Society individual service project and it was installed this month. Measuring about 4 feet wide and 5.8 feet tall, it was built by the student and her father with donated materials from a local lumber company.

Friends and family members provided toys to fill the library such as pails, shovels, Frisbees, and trucks.

"I wanted to create a toy library like the other examples in Berkshire County from the sled library to the book libraries," she told the commission in February.

"But I wanted to make it toys for Onota Lake because a lot of kids forget their toys or some kids can't afford toys."

Bills lives nearby and will check on the library weekly — if not daily — to ensure the operation is running smoothly.  A sign reading "Borrow-Play-Return" asks community members to clean up after themselves after using the toys.

It was built to accommodate children's heights and will be stored during the winter season.

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