Bedard Bros Chevrolet Partners with Adams Cheshire Little League

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CHESHIRE, Mass. — Bedard Bros Chevrolet has announced a partnership with the Adams Cheshire Little League through the Chevrolet Youth Baseball & Softball program.
 
The partnership will provide the Little League with new equipment, a financial donation, and access to a free instructional clinic.
 
Steven Bedard, General Manager for Bedard Bros Chevrolet, stated that the program supports the development of skills such as leadership and cooperation among young athletes. He also highlighted Chevrolet’s belief in the role of youth sports in building future success.
 
The Chevrolet Youth Baseball & Softball program, now in its twentieth year, has involved approximately 1,100 Chevrolet dealers nationwide in 2024, and has served over 10 million players since 2006.
 
Bedard Bros Chevrolet will provide the Adams Cheshire Little League with an equipment kit containing items such as equipment bags, first aid kits, scorebooks, and ball buckets. The sponsorship also includes youth clinics led by current and former MLB/MiLB players, coaches, or instructors from the MLBPAA. A monetary donation will also be presented to the Little League.
 
Bedard also stated that Chevrolet designs its vehicles with families in mind, emphasizing safety features and technologies.
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Adams Applies for CDBG Grant to Address Blight

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town continues its efforts to address blight in the community by applying for funds through the Community Development Block Grant, as it has done years prior.  
 
The Select Board recently approved the grant application requesting $950,000 to fund the highly anticipated Winter Street reconstruction and the town's Adams Housing Rehabilitation Program. 
 
CDBG is a federally funded competitive grant program administered by the state. It can be used for activities that address blight, housing, beautification, demolition and economic development.
 
The need for these funds is substantial as towns work to balance addressing high-cost infrastructure repairs with limited state and federal funding, such as Chapter 90, said Donna Cesan, community development director. 
 
"Adams is one of the poor communities in the commonwealth.  Here in the Northern Berkshires, we're still recovering from the '60s and the loss of our manufacturing base, so it's been a slow recovery," she said. 
 
Cesan has been working with the town for more than 20 years and during that time has seen improvements but there are still setbacks, including the rising costs to address the communities needs. 
 
"To continue to work on projects like this to improve the community. So, I think Adams is very deserving of this. I think the community needs this," she said. 
 
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