CHP Berkshires Names Senior VP for HR

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs has named Eva Sheridan to the role of senior vice president for human resources.

Sheridan will lead a staff of 280 across the CHP healthcare network, which has practice locations in Great Barrington, Lee, Pittsfield, Adams, and North Adams and Mobile Health.

Most recently, the vice president of human resources for Iredale Cosmetics, Sheridan, has previously led human resources operations at Boyd Biomedical in Lee, Main Street Hospitality Group, and Mountain One Financial Partners.

A graduate of American International College, Sheridan holds a master's degree in human resource development. She earned her B.S. in biological sciences from Mount Holyoke College, and she is a national graduate of Stonier School of Banking (American Banking Association) where she earned a finance certificate. She is also a graduate of the Berkshire Leadership Program.

A resident of Stockbridge, Sheridan is president of the MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board and she is a volunteer for the Massachusetts Medical Response Core. She is vice president of the board of Community Access to the Arts and she has held prior board leadership roles with Berkshire Hills Youth Soccer, Stockbridge Golf Club, Berkshire Strategic Alliance, and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau.

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First Eagle Mill Units in Lee to Open in Springtime

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:02AM / Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Eagle Mills developer Jeffrey Cohen updates the Lee Chamber of Commerce as the project's phases, and the amount of heavy lifting to get it to this point.

LEE, Mass. — More than 50 affordable units are expected to come online at the Eagle Mill this spring.

This is the first of several planned development phases at the former paper mill that dates back to the early 1800s, totaling more than 200 units. The Lee Chamber of Commerce hosted an information session on the project during its Business Breakfast last Wednesday.

"We are here because we have a really big project that's happened for a very long time here in Lee, that, for myself, has provided a real sense of hope, and has has really defined this community as one of the few in the Berkshires that's really looking forward, as opposed to just being sort of stuck in the past," Chamber member Erik Williams said.

The estimated $60 million development broke ground in 2021 after nearly a decade of planning and permitting. Hundreds of workers once filed into the 8-acre complex, producing up to 165 tons of paper a week. The last mill on the property closed in 2008.

Hearthway is accepting applications for 56 affordable apartments called "The Lofts at Eagle Mill" with expected occupancy in May. The housing nonprofit was also approved for 45 additional units of new construction on the site.

Jeffrey Cohen of Eagle Mill Redevelopment LLC said the project dates back to 2012, when a purchase contract was signed for the West Center Street property. The developers didn't have to close on the property until renovation plans were approved in 2017, and the mill was sold for $700,000.

It seemed like a great deal for the structure and eight acres on the Housatonic River, Cohen explained, but he wasn't aware of the complex pre-development costs, state, and local approvals it would entail. Seven individually owned homes adjacent to the property were also acquired and demolished for parking and site access.

"If I knew today what I knew then, I'm not sure we'd be sitting here," he said, joining the breakfast remotely over Zoom.

Cohen praised the town's government, explaining that the redesigns and critiques "Could not have been done in a friendlier way, in a more helpful way," and the two Massachusetts governors serving during the project's tenure. The Eagle Mill redevelopment is supported by state and federal grants, as well as low-income housing tax credits.

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