Mayor Richard Alcombright gave an upbeat vision of the city on Tuesday, pointing to the significant private investments happening in North Adams. “We have a great core of folks who have committed or re-committed themselves to the success of North Adams and I thank those people,” he said during his “State of the City” address in front of the City Council. “We have many more people ‘pulling the rope’ than we had seven years ago.” Alcombright, now entering his eighth year and the end of his fourth term in office, was referring back to his 2014 address, in which he’d asked residents to help pull the rope — or get out of the way. Three years later, he sees more pulling — both from individuals and through partnerships — that’s moving the city in more sustainable and growing manner. Read more about North Adams progress >>