image description — Scott Keiter has grown his construction business over the past 17 years and is opening an office in Pittsfield to manage Berkshire projects.

Keiter Corp. Expanding into the Berkshires

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Tuesday, September 23, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction management company Keiter Corp. is expanding to the Berkshires with a new Pittsfield office.

Keiter is celebrating 17 years of business. It was founded in Florence by owner Scott Keiter in the midst of the economic collapse as Keiter Builders, and over the years saw exponential growth, rebranding a decade later as Keiter Corp. with four divisions — residential construction, commercial and industrial, site work, and real estate. It moved to a 6,000-square-foot facility in West Springfield last year.

"For several years, we've had the opportunity to work with incredible clients and professionals throughout the Berkshires, and it felt like the right time to officially set roots," said founder and CEO Scott Keiter in announcing the opening. "We're proud to continue to grow in a region where we've already begun to build strong partnerships."

Keiter's done several projects for Amherst College and Smith College, and has done work as varied as student housing for the Cutchins Programs for Children & Families, law offices, kitchen renovations, laboratories and the Look Park fountain renovation.

Most of its work has been in the Northampton area but it has worked in the Berkshires with building the barn at Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary and Bousquet Sport's 34,000-square-foot-facility, as well as with Premium Waters, Berkshire Medical Center, the town of Lenox, Sts. Patrick and Raphael's Church in Williamstown, and residential clients.

"We are expanding to Pittsfield to better serve our growing number of Berkshire customers and deepen our roots in the region. We admire the Berkshires for its culture, creativity, and community," said Jill Keitner, director of administration.

"Over the years, we've had the privilege of working with incredible clients and partners throughout the Berkshires. We have established relationships with organizations such as Mass Audubon, Bousquet Sports, Premium Waters, Berkshire Medical Center, and the Town of Lenox. These relationships are meaningful because they reflect our commitment to the community and our collaborative approach to projects."

Keiter — both owner and company — have been very involved in the Northampton/Springfield community. It made significant donations to the Northampton Chamber of Commerce to boost economic activity and Scott Keiter has served on multiple boards including Smith Vocational and Agricultural High, Florence Bank, Look Memorial Park and the Cutchins Programs for Children and Families.

Keiter, the company, hopes to provide the best for its clients and work with them more than once.

"We believe in construction being more than just bricks and mortar. We want to be that contractor that's invited back to work with the same clients over and over again," said Brynn Grant, director of marketing and business development. "We're about 87 percent repeat clients. To us, that's the highest compliment — it tells us we're doing the job right."

The Pittsfield office is in the Clock Tower Business Center at 75 Church St. For more information, go to Keiter.com or call the office at 413-586-8600.

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Toys for Tots Bringing Presents to Thousands of Kids This Year

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:21PM / Friday, December 05, 2025

Volunteers organize toys by age and gender in the House of Corrections storage facility.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Plenty of toys are on their way to children this holiday season thanks to Toys for Tots.

Christopher Keegan has coordinated the local toy drive for the Berkshire Chapter of the Marine Corps Reserve since 2015 and said he has seen the need rise every year, last year helping more than 6,000 kids.

"This is 11 years I've been doing it, and the need has gone up every year. It's gone up every year, and I anticipate it going up even more this year," Keegan said.

On Thursday, the Berkshire County House of Corrections storage facility was overflowing with toys making it the county's very own Santa's workshop.

Keegan said Berkshire County always shows up with toys or donations.

"This county is outstanding when it comes to charity. They rally around stuff. They're very giving, they're very generous, and they've been tremendous in this effort, the toys for pride effort, since I've been doing it, our goal is to honor every request, and we've always reached that goal," he said.

Keegan's team is about 20 to 25 volunteers who sort out toys based on age and gender. This week, the crew started collecting from the 230 or so boxes set out around the county on Oct. 1.

"The two age groups that are probably more difficult — there's a newborn to 2s, boys and girls, and 11 to 14, boys and girls. Those are the two challenging ages where we need to focus our attention on a little bit more," he said.

Toys For Tots has about 30 participating schools and agencies that sign up families and individuals who need help putting gifts under the tree. Keegan takes requests right up until the last minute on Christmas.

"We can go out shopping for Christmas. I had sent my daughter out Christmas Eve morning. Hey, we need X amount of toys and stuff, but the requests are still rolling in from individuals, and I don't say no, we'll make it work however we can," he said.

Community members help to raise money or bring in unopened and unused toys. Capeless Elementary student Thomas St. John recently raised $1,000 selling hot chocolate and used the money to buy toys for the drive.

"It's amazing how much it's grown and how broad it is, how many people who were involved," Keegan said.

On Saturday, Live 95.9 personalities Bryan Slater and Marjo Catalano of "Slater and Marjo in the Morning" will host a Toys for Tots challenge at The Hot Dog Ranch and Proprietor's Lodge. Keegan said they have been very supportive of the drive and that they were able to collect more than 3,000 toys for the drive last year.

Volunteer Debbie Melle has been volunteering with Toys for Tots in the county for about five years and said people really showed up to give this year.

"I absolutely love it. It's what we always say. It's organized chaos, but it's rewarding. And what I actually this year, I'm so surprised, because the amount that the community has given us, and you can see that when you see these pictures, that you've taken, this is probably the most toys we've ever gotten," she said. "So I don't know if people just feel like this is a time to give and they're just going above and beyond, but I'm blown away. This year we can barely walk down the aisles for how much, how many toys are here. It's wonderful."

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