Northern Berkshire Center For The Arts To Close Temporarily

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Northern Berkshire Center for the Arts (NBCA), a non-profit community art school founded in 2003, will be suspending operations on November 30 and going on hiatus.

They will move out of their facility in Heritage State Park at the end of November, after the fall art classes have finished. All classes that are presently running will continue as planned. NBCA provides a broad range of studio classes and creative arts programming to members of the Northern Berkshires and surrounding communities.

Since its founding NBCA has drawn wide community support since for its creative arts programming aimed at both children and adults. But the school has been recently impacted by the recession. “Like many non-profits operating in the current economic climate, NBCA has found it more challenging than ever to bring in enough revenue to support its operations,” said NBCA Co-President Mary Lou DeWitt. 

In response, the school made a decision to suspend operations. “This is the fiscally prudent thing to do until the economy improves,” added Stefanie Jandl, NBCA Co-President. While on hiatus, the Board of Directors will be reviewing the school’s strategic plan and considering its options for future operations and programming.
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New North Adams Restaurant Approved for Liquor License

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A new restaurant on Main Street, a provisions shop and a convenience store all got the nod from the License Commission on Tuesday.
 
Siblings Colleen and Sean Taylor are expanding their cuisine empire yet again with the establishment of Main & Mill in the old TD Bank. They were before the commission to apply for an all-alcohol license. 
 
The building is owned by Ginko on Main Street LLC, which has granted 20 years exclusive possession of the property to Latent Builds as the developer. Jack and Suzy Wadsworth, behind Ginko, are development partners with Salvatore Perry and Karla Rothstein of Latent.
 
The bank closed in early 2021 and purchased by Ginko late that year. Plans for the property unveiled three years ago envisioned a restaurant, retail, a park and rooftop bar. 
 
The building's hosted some pop-up eateries and is currently under construction for the new restaurant. 
 
Colleen Taylor said the restaurant will be open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner, and be open early for coffee. 
 
"It's not going to be a very big restaurant. It's about the same size as Trail House, except for Trail House has a bigger patio, so about the same seating," she said.
 
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