Pittsfield Cooperative Bank Appoints VP OfCommercial Banking

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank has announced that Matthew P. Lauro has joined the bank as Vice President/ Commercial Banking.

Matthew's 10 plus years of industry experience is wide ranging and comprehensive, working for Fidelity Management and Research as a Credit Research Associate, Longfellow Investment Management as a Senior Credit Analyst and State Street Bank as Vice President, Credit Analyst for Leveraged Lending. Most recently, Matt held the title of Vice President of Emerging Markets. In this role he ran a foreign exchange and rates product specializing in the Latin American region of behalf of State Street Bank.

Matthew recently moved to Berkshire County with his wife Susanna, an attorney, and their dog Tony. He earned his degree at RPI, where he was a member of the football team, 2 years as Captain.

"Matthew brings a much-needed high level of expertise in the area of industrial and commercial real estate financing to the Berkshires and we are proud to welcome Matthew and his wife to the Berkshires as we

believe in local talent," said J. Jay Anderson, President and CEO of the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank.

In this position, Matthew will be responsible for managing and growing the bank's commercial loan portfolio.

"Banking is a personal business. Matthew is an experienced lender who will help make our community a better place to live, work and play and he joins a team that – as a whole- is truly invested in our little niche in the Berkshires," said Anderson.

Matthew is located in the South Street Main Office at 70 South St., Pittsfield and may be reached at 413.629.1644.

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Pittsfield Council to See 2-Year Moratorium on Data Centers

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:34AM / Friday, October 23, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council will consider a two-year data center moratorium from the Community Development Board.

The board endorsed the moratorium on Tuesday; it had previously voted to become the petitioner.

"I still think that it is a necessary, proactive, responsible measure by the city in order to take some time to assess the potential impacts of these improvements on Pittsfield and on the county, and make sure that we understand these systems and create some really truly responsible regulations that take into account all the different aspects of this technology," City Planner Kevin Rayner said.

The petition would amend City Code Chapter 23 and create Article 23-4 Section 4.332, "Data Center, Temporary Moratorium."

Last month, Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order that gives municipalities the power to say "no" to data centers, and earlier this year, Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren petitioned to explore implementing a moratorium on the establishment and siting of data centers.

Based on web results, there are as many as 75 data centers or projects in Massachusetts, none in Berkshire County.

Rayner explained that he brought forward the same petition as before; it was sent to the council and then back to the board for a public hearing as part of the zoning amendment process.

It defines a data center as a building or group of buildings where the primary use is to house computer systems, servers, data storage equipment, networking equipment, and associated infrastructure necessary for the processing, storage, and distribution of data and digital applications.

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