PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire economy is growing, according to 1Berkshire.
The economic development agency said some $1 billion worth of investment has been made in the county in just the last three years. Now, the organization is asking the business community to embrace a “new narrative” of the county’s economic future and has put forth Berkshire Blueprint 2.0, an economic development plan for future growth.
“We think it is time for a new narrative. When this project began many here in the county were working off the aging narrative that often referred to the best years of the Berkshires being in the past. The age of large scale, juggernaut manufacturers and robust downtowns that were the underpinnings of our landscape for 100 years,” Butler said. Read more about the Blueprint >>