Biz Briefs: New Boston Crane Service & Sleds Expands Reach with U-Haul Trucks, Trailers
The long haul: New Boston Crane Service & Sleds has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Sandisfield community. New Boston Crane Service & Sleds, located at 85 South Main St., will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, support rental items and in-store pickup for boxes.
Hours of operation for U-Haul rentals are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. After hours drop-off is available for customer convenience. Reserve U-Haul products at this dealer location by calling 413- 258-7254 or online.
New Boston Crane Service & Sleds owner Billy White said he is proud to team with the industry leader in do-it-yourself moving and self-storage to better meet the demands of Berkshire County. U-Haul and New Boston Crane Service & Sleds are striving to benefit the environment through sustainability initiatives. Truck sharing is a core U-Haul sustainability business practice that allows individuals to access a fleet of trucks that is larger than what they could access on an individual basis.
Every U-Haul truck placed in a community helps keep 19 personally owned large-capacity vehicles, pickups, SUVs and vans off the road. Fewer vehicles means less traffic congestion, less pollution, less fuel burned and cleaner air.
HELP is here: The Berkshire Co-op Market is launching a new program to allow greater community access to local and sustainable foods. On Oct. 1, the cooperatively owned natural food store will launch the Healthy Eats for Lower Prices (HELP) program, which will give eligible shoppers a 10 percent discount on all co-op purchases.
Additionally, the co-op will extend its current discount for seniors who are co-op owners to all seniors who shop at the co-op, whether they are owners or not. The 10 percent senior discount, which will also take effect on Oct. 1, will replace the current owner only 7 percent senior discount and will be available on Wednesdays and Sundays only.
Customers who currently qualify for other state or federal assistance programs (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program among others) will automatically be eligible for the new HELP program. Details for signing up will be available at the store when the program rolls out on Oct. 1. For more information, contact Berkshire Co-op Market at 413-528-9697 or community@berkshire.coop.
Meet and greet: The Outlet at Pine Cone Hill, located at 125 Pecks Road in Pittsfield, will hold a "meet and greet" event with company founder and CEO Annie Selke on Friday, Sept. 16, from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
During the event, which is open to the public, Selke will discuss the product development process, share her latest design inspirations and answer questions from guests. Light refreshments will be served. To RSVP for the event, contact Kate Hill Tapia via e-mail (RSVP@annieselke.com) or via phone (413-629-2314) by Tuesday, Sept. 13.
That's wild: Greylock Federal Credit Union has introduced a new debit card featuring the Lee High School Wildcats logo and school colors. Every time a credit union member signs up for a Wildcats debit card, Greylock will make a donation to Lee High School.
The new card was created after a design competition was held among Lee High School students. The competition was won by Jessica Sammons, a 2016 graduate.
For more information about the Lee High School Wildcats debit card, call Greylock at 413-236-4000 or visit www.greylock.org.
Buy in the Berkshires: BerkShares and the Berkshire Office of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network are teaming up to co-facilitate a series of interactive workshops with host organizations across Berkshire County to strengthen efforts to "buy local" by aggregating community-generated local business ideas.
The five workshops will expand on the community engagement and experiential learning principles embedded in the Entry To Entrepreneurship business planning program for young people that BerkShares, Inc. and the Berkshire Office of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network have developed over the past two years, where students age 14-25 write and present business plans for locally focused businesses.
In this new series of workshops, groups of participants will be lead through a Rapid Business Build Out process to develop a one-page plan for viable local business opportunities. Collectively, these will become a library of business possibilities that seed the next cohort of youth entrepreneurs in the Entry To Entrepreneurship program, which begins January of 2017.
The following five workshops are scheduled: Monday, Sept. 12, 12:30 p.m., Adams Council on Aging, 3 Hoosac St.; Tuesday, Sept. 20, 5:30 p.m., Williams Inn, 1090 Main St.; Wednesday, Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m., Blodgett House at Simon’s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington; Saturday, Oct. 1, 1 p.m., The Common, Pittsfield; Monday, Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m., location TBA. Info online.
