Clark Art Gallery Tour Celebrating Public Library

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 27 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a gallery tour exploring works of art made in 1874. 
 
The first Impressionist exhibition in Paris took place in 1874; that same, significant year, the Williamstown Public Library was founded. Led by art historian Jock Brooks, the gallery tour is presented as part of the Williamstown Public Library's 150th anniversary celebration. The tour meets in the Clark's Museum Pavilion.
 
Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Visitors may pick up a ticket at the Clark Center Admissions desk on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Williams College Lone Suitor for Development of Water Street Lot

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

Williams College hopes to replace the current Facilities Services building on Latham Street and use that space for a new  athletics complex. 
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — If the town accepts an offer from Williams College, a 1.27-acre lot that long has been eyed as a possible venue for housing and economic development instead will find a use similar to its history.
 
The college was the lone respondent to the town's request for proposals to purchase and develop 59 Water St., a dirt lot known around town as the "old town garage site." This was first reported Wednesday by Greylock News. 
 
If successful, the college plans to use the former town garage property for the school's Facilities Services building. Or it could be turned back into a parking lot.
 
Williams' offer includes a $500,000 upfront payment and a 10-year agreement to make $50,000 annual donations to the Mount Greylock Regional School District according to the proposal unsealed on Wednesday afternoon.
 
If it closes the deal, the college said it will explore development of a three- to four-story Facilities Services building with "a structured parking facility providing approximately 170 spaces."
 
"[I]f site constraints impact our ability to develop both structured parking and the Facilities Services building, our backup proposal is to develop the parking structure with approximately 170 spaces, also with capacity to support institutional and public needs," the college's proposal reads.
 
The college's current Facilities property at 60 Latham St. has an assessed value — for the .42-acre lot only — of $113,000 and an annual property tax bill of $1,606, according to the town's website.
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