Hillcrest Adds 2 to Board of Directors, Appoints Chairman

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Michelle Butler Paul Clark
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc. added two Michele A. Butler and Scott M. Pignatelli to its Board of Directors, and Paul R. Clark was appointed chairman after serving as a director for six years.
 
Butler is currently an associate at the law firm Cain Hibbard & Myers. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce's Berkshire Leadership Program. She is also on the Board of Directors for ProAdams, Inc. and is a member of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee through the Berkshire Regional Planning Association. Prior to moving to the area, Butler worked in the Massachusetts State Senate on K-12
Scott Pignatelli
education policy. She attended Suffolk University Law School and has M.S. from Central Connecticut State University and a B.A. from Tufts University. Butler and her husband, Jonathan, live in Adams.
 
Pignatelli is owner and president of Pignatelli Electrical Contractors, Inc., in Lenox. He currently serves on the Lenox Board of Assessors and the Pittsfield chapter of UNICO National. He's also a trustee of the Town of Lenox Academy and a member of the Town of Lenox Democratic Town Committee. Pignatelli graduated from Berkshire Community College. He has two children, Mia and Jack, and lives in Lenox.
 
Clark is the owner and CEO of Pittsfield Furniture Company. He has supported many area organizations including, Berkshire County Association for Retarded Citizens, Berkshire Center for Families and Children, Department of Social Services, Berkshire Mental Health, Relay for Life, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Clark and his wife Maria have a daughter Vanessa and live in Pittsfield.
 
Directors also include, Gerard E. Burke, John J. Martin Jr., Mark Placido, John P. Walsh, Lisa M. Baldwin, Eugene A. Dellea, Thomas W. Goggins, Chip Hodgkins, Patricia Joseph, Mark N. Matthews, William J. Napolitano and Harold Novick.
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Pittsfield Affordable Housing Initiatives Shine Light, Hope

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Housing Secretary Edward Augustus cuts the ribbon at The First on Thursday with housing officials and Mayor Peter Marchetti, state Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The holidays are here and several community members are celebrating it with the opening of two affordable housing initiatives. 
 
"This is a day to celebrate," Hearthway CEO Eileen Peltier said during the ribbon-cutting on Thursday. 
 
The celebration was for nearly 40 supportive permanent housing units; nine at "The First" located within the Zion Lutheran Church, and 28 on West Housatonic Street. A ceremony was held in the new Housing Resource Center on First Street, which was funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. 
 
The apartments will be leased out by Hearthway, with ServiceNet as a partner. 
 
Prior to the ribbon-cutting, public officials and community resource personnel were able to tour the two new permanent supported housing projects — West Housatonic Apartments and The First Street Apartments and Housing Resource Center
 
The First Street location has nine studio apartments that are about 300 square feet and has a large community center. The West Housatonic Street location will have 28 studio units that range between 300 to 350 square feet. All units can be adapted to be ADA accessible. 
 
The West Housatonic location is still under construction with the hope to have it completed by the middle of January, said Chris Wilett, Hearthway development associate.
 
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