BCArc Promotes Residential Supervisor

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tracey Babcock, a seasoned Residential Site Manager for Brain Injury Services, and the current BCArc Employee of the Year 2024, has been promoted to Residential Supervisor.
 
In this new role, she will join a team of supervisors who each oversee a range of residential programs. Tracey has been with BCArc for more than 13 years, spending most of her time working in the Brain Injury Residential Programs, specifically with individuals requiring intensive personal and medical care.
 
"BCArc is lucky to have someone with this kind of compassion, combined with great management and leadership skills," said Maryann Hyatt, President & CEO. "I am confident that Tracey will be an excellent supervisor."
 
Tracey is known for advocating aggressively for the individuals in her program. In one example, she traveled to a nursing home in Boston to advocate for a former individual from her program.  
 
"She has no family," Tracey said at the time. "No one is advocating for her at the nursing home. She is non-verbal and she deserves better treatment than she is getting. If I could go more often I would. This is family for all of us, this is what we all do for each other. I will continue to travel to Boston until I get her in a program that treats her properly."

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Dalton Historical Enters First Phase of Establishing 2nd Historic District

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Historical Commission has embarked on the first phase of establishing its second historical district. 
 
During last week's meeting, co-Chair Louisa Horth brought three maps of the proposed district, which would run from the cemetery on Park Avenue down to Depot Street. 
 
She recommended dividing the proposed district into multiple sections and assigning each section to specific commissioners.
 
The commission is responsible for taking pictures of every building within the district that meets historical status. On the back of each photo, they need to include the building's historical significance, the year it was built, and the type of architecture, Horth said. 
 
The commission can use the state's Cultural Resource Information System map, which shows some of the area's historic buildings, to help during the process, Commissioner Nancy Kane said. 
 
Once this phase is complete, the commission sends all of this information to the Massachusetts Historical Commission to review and continue with the next phase where it can hire a preservation specialist. 
 
Horth forewarned that this phase will take some time, so members may need to request an extension for the $5,000 state cultural grant. The Cultural Council awarded the commission the grant so it could hire a preservation specialist. 
 
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