image description — Caption (from left to right): Hillcrest President and CEO Jerry Burke, Hillcrest student Ugine Teoh, True North Financial Services President and CEO Rob Abel and Hillcrest Program Director Allison Billard

Hillcrest Educational Centers Hosts 10th Annual Golf Classic

11:52AM / Thursday, July 28, 2011Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Hillcrest Educational Centers announced its 10h Annual Fall Golf Classic, presented by new title sponsor MountainOne Financial Partners, will be on Friday, September 30, 2011 at two locations in Berkshire County. For the third year, Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown and Donnybrook Country Club in Lanesborough will each host the 52 team, 208 player event. Proceeds benefit Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc.

Hillcrest President Gerard Burke said, “I am pleased to say that the Fall Classic has sold out for the 8th year in a row. We welcome the new partnership with MountainOne this year as our title sponsor. Because of wonderful organizations and supporters like MountainOne and the loyalty of our golfers, we can look forward to another successful fundraiser to benefit our kids.”

Rob Abel, President & CEO of True North Financial Services, a subsidiary of MountainOne Financial Partners, said, “As MountainOne expands to the new Pittsfield Economic Development Authority site at Williams Stanley Business Park, we were looking for a non-profit organization that truly makes a difference in Pittsfield and the Berkshires. Partnering with the highly respected Hillcrest Educational Centers is a great match. The work they do with the children and families is exceptional and True North and the companies of MountainOne are pleased to join forces with them.”

The Fall Classic will have a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. More than $5,000 in team prizes will be awarded between both tournament courses. The cost is $150 per person and includes golf cart, green fees, cookout luncheon, premium player gift and steak dinner.

Presenting sponsor for the Fall Golf Classic is MountainOne Financial Partners. Additional lead sponsors include: USI Insurance; Cornerstone Telephone Company; Commercial Distributing/Coors Light; Futures HealthCore; Action Ambulance Service; and Climate Heating and Cooling, Inc.

Teams wishing to be placed on the waiting list or for other tournament information may contact Steve Conroy at Hillcrest at 413- 499-7924, extension 133.

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Pittsfield Housing Project Adds 37 Supportive Units and Collective Hope

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:01PM / Monday, December 29, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— A new chapter in local efforts to combat housing insecurity officially began as community leaders and residents gathered at The First on to celebrate a major expansion of supportive housing in the city.

The ribbon was cut on Thursday Dec. 19, on nearly 40 supportive permanent housing units; nine at The First, located within the Zion Lutheran Church, and 28 on West Housatonic Street. The Housing Resource Center, funded by Pittsfield's American Rescue Plan Act dollars, hosted a celebration for a project that is named for its rarity: The First.

"What got us here today is the power of community working in partnership and with a shared purpose," Hearthway CEO Eileen Peltier said.

In addition to the 28 studio units at 111 West Housatonic Street and nine units in the rear of the church building, the Housing Resource Center will be open seven days a week with two lounges, a classroom, a laundry room, a bathroom, and lockers.

Erin Forbush, ServiceNet's director of shelter and housing, challenged attendees to transform the space in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church into a community center. It is planned to operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year-round.

"I get calls from folks that want to help out, and our shelters just aren't the right spaces to be able to do that. The First will be that space that we can all come together and work for the betterment of our community," Forbush said.

"…I am a true believer that things evolve, and things here will evolve with the people that are utilizing it."

Earlier that day, Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus joined Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and her team in Housatonic to announce $33.5 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding, $5.45 million to Berkshire County.

He said it was ambitious to take on these two projects at once, but it will move the needle. The EOHLC contributed more than $7.8 million in subsidies and $3.4 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the West Housatonic Street build, and $1.6 million in ARPA funds for the First Street apartments.

"We're trying to get people out of shelter and off the streets, but we know there are a lot of people who are couch surfing, who are living in their cars, who are one paycheck away from being homeless themselves," Augustus said.

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