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Williamstown Con Comm Reviews Revised Summer Street Proposal

The Conservation Commission on Thursday reviewed a refined version of the site plan for a planned four-home subdivision off Summer Street.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Seeks to Resolve Habitat Project Issue

Part of the plan Habitat developed with civil engineer Guntlow and Associates is a rain garden that would be part of the subdivision's stormwater management plan.

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Williamstown Abutters Appeal Decision on Habitat for Humanity Project

One of the Summer Street residents who has objected publicly to a proposed subdivision on the street has appealed the Conservation Commission's decision to allow the project to go forward.

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Williamstown Con Comm Clears Summer Street Subdivision

The Conservation Commission last week gave its approval for a four-home subdivision on a town-owned parcel on Summer Street.

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Williamstown Neighbors Not Satisfied with Habitat Response

Christopher Bolton joined several residents who live near the planned subdivision in saying that Habitat has been unresponsive to the concerns raised by those neighbors.

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Williamstown Planners OK Preliminary Habitat Plan

The Planning Board on Tuesday agreed in principle to most of the waivers sought by Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity to build five homes on a Summer Street parcel.

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Williamstown Affordable Housing Trust Hears Objections to Summer Street Proposal

A couple of the residents who addressed the AHT said they are concerned that Northern Berkshire Habitat is biting off more than it can chew and will not have the resources to build five houses at the site.

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Summer Street Residents Make Case to Williamstown Planning Board

Neighbors of a proposed subdivision off Summer Street last week asked the Planning Board to take a critical look at the project, which the residents say is out of scale to the neighborhood.

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Williamstown Residents Concerned over Impact of Habitat Development

Drainage was the chief concern of the residents who turned out for Wednesday's informational meeting about a planned five-home development off Summer Street.

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Habitat for Humanity Plans Wednesday Info Sessions on Williamstown Development

Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity will hold two information sessions this spring for residents interested in a planned five-home development off Summer Street.

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Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Free tax Assistance

All VITA volunteers receive extensive training and are IRS-certified.

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MCLA, Habitat for Humanity Partner Offer Free Tax Assistance

MCLA will offer in-person, drop-off, and virtual tax assistance to qualified taxpayers beginning Feb.12.

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Great Barrington Habitat Home Offered for Sale to Local Family

The family chosen by lottery, which was broadcast on Zoom this past Friday, Sept. 29 was the Butler Green Family.

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Habitat for Humanity Making Plans for Williamstown's Summer Street Lot

Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity is making plans to develop four single-family homes on a Summer Street residential lot the Affordable Housing Trust acquired in 2015.

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Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on Affordable Dalton Home

Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity broke ground on a Gulf Road build on Thursday, bringing an affordable home ownership option to a quiet neighborhood.

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Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on New Construction in Pittsfield

Habitat is building two 3-bedroom units on this site, and two more on Robbins Avenue later this summer.

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Northern Berkshire Habitat Shed Raffle Raises Thousands

Habitat construction volunteers took a break from their latest project on Maple Street on Saturday to draw the winning name in the shed raffle.

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Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity Raffling Shed

All proceeds will go toward building the non-profit's next home.

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Great Barrington Gets State Grant for North Plain Road Affordable Housing Site

The project, a collaboration between the town and Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, will include 19 affordable, energy efficient homes on a 7.25-acre site.