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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: April 22-29

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While we all do what we can to stop the spread of Covid-19, Cultural Pittsfield will offer weekly guides featuring online events and information. If you are a Pittsfield business and would like your event listed, please email cultural@pittsfieldch.com. Thank you and be well!
 

  RESOURCES
 
Please visit the City of Pittsfield's COVID-19 webpage for updates and helpful resources. 1Berkshire has also compiled a list of online sites where you can find information on a number of topics.
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  TAKEOUT & DELIVERY
Here are some of the Pittsfield restaurants currently offering takeout, delivery, and/or curbside pickup. Please check their websites for special menus, hours and updates. Visit the 1Berkshire website for a list of all takeout options throughout Berkshire County.
On Saturday from 2-4 p.m., Wohrles Cash & Carry will offer 50 freeprepackaged meals for families of unemployed workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meals are first come, first served. Each package contains 4 servings. If you are able to help fund meals, please donate to Berkshire Pay it Forward via Greylock Federal Credit Union.

  FAMILY FRIENDLY
Join Michelle from Berkshire Paint & Sip for fun, virtual painting lessons for kids and adults! On her YouTube channel, "Michelle the Painter" will lead children in painting a happy goldfish, and owl family and more, with new videos added each week!
For Pittsfield schoolchildren: Free grab-and-go meal packages are available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12-1 p.m.
For Pittsfield residents: Berkshire United Way and local restaurants are providing free food for families at the Boys & Girls Club, Conte School, and Morningside School on Saturdays from 12-1 p.m. 
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  ONLINE CLASSES & FUN
 
Enter the EforAll Pitch Contest! Business ideas from a wide range of industries is encouraged! A total of four cash prizes will be given out (1st place is $1000, 2nd is $750, 3rd place is $500, plus a $500 Fan Favorite prize).

The deadline to apply is April 30 at 12 noon!

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NEW Downtown Stories Berkshire Virtual Race Challenge  The Littlest Cinema: Botero Pet Care Tips from Berkshire Humane Society | Virtual Barrington Stage Company | Make Your Own Flat Cat or Flat Fido with Blue Q | Learn from Home with Berkshire Theatre Group | Online Classes & Tutorials with IS183 Art School | Painting Tutorials from Berkshire Paint & Sip | Classes with Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness Classes with Antil Fitness Classes with Radiance Yoga | Virtual Berkshires | Email aimee@gaiaroots.com for Online Drumming Classes | FRI Pajama Yoga with Rogue Yoga | SAT Virtual Mideast Rhythm Workshop

  SHOP LOCAL
 
Although Dory & Ginger remains temporarily closed, they are happy to do personal shopping for you. Call 413-770-3679, email them at info@doryandginger.com, or reach out through social media. They can deliver curbside and/or ship. If you're close by, they'll even deliver to your door! When the new Dory & Ginger website is up and running, shopping will be even easier! 
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Pittsfield CPA Committee Funds Half of FY24 Requests

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A few projects are not getting funded by the Community Preservation Committee because of a tight budget.

The projects not making the cut were in the historic preservation and open space and recreation categories and though they were seen as interesting and valuable projects, the urgency was not prevalent enough for this cycle.

"It's a tough year," Chair Danielle Steinmann said.

The panel made its recommendations on Monday after several meetings of presentations from applications. They will advance to the City Council for final approval.  

Two cemetery projects were scored low by the committee and not funded: A $9,500 request from the city for fencing at the West Part Cemetery as outlined in a preservation plan created in 2021 and a $39,500 request from the St. Joseph Cemetery Commission for tombstone restorations.

"I feel personally that they could be pushed back a year," Elizabeth Herland said. "And I think they're both good projects but they don't have the urgency."

It was also decided that George B. Crane Memorial Center's $73,465 application for the creation of a recreational space would not be funded. Herland said the main reason she scored the project low was because it didn't appear to benefit the larger community as much as other projects do.

There was conversation about not funding The Christian Center's $34,100 request for heating system repairs but the committee ended up voting to give it $21,341 when monies were left over.

The total funding request was more than $1.6 million for FY24 and with a budget of $808,547, only about half could be funded. The panel allocated all of the available monies, breaking down into $107,206 for open space and recreation, $276,341 for historic preservation, and $425,000 for community housing.

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