When it comes to growing and attracting businesses to the city, Michael Coakley is the guy you want to talk to. Coakley was announced on Monday as the city's first-ever business development manager. The
There has been a lot of off-season activity at Blantyre this month, but most of it doesn't involve guests. Since the beginning of the year, workers have been ramping up a multimillion-dollar renovation project
Miss Hall's School has announced that Merritt Colaizzi of Williamstown has joined the school as its new director of advancement. In her new role, Colaizzi will manage all aspects of the Miss Hall's Development
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts recently approved a new minor in entrepreneurship within the Department of Business Administration and Economics. Although many of the classes required for this new minor already are offered at
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA – Nominations are now open for the 2018 Esther Quinn Award. This award is now in its 19th year and last year, for the first time ever, 1Berkshire gave the award
Lorraine Jones wanted to tinker with her grandmother's original barbecue sauce recipe. Brian Mandeville was interested in forming his own construction company. Tom Sharpe had an idea for a startup. But all three knew
It would be difficult for a Berkshire town to recruit a large biotech company on its own. 1Berkshire President Jonathan Butler knows that because he was a town administrator. Now his focus is on
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA – 1Berkshire has announced a new program in their Berkshire Starts innovation and entrepreneurship initiative. This Get Mentored program exposes early stage entrepreneurs to mentors who can help guide the entrepreneurs'
We are excited to have five new Board Members joining us, for 2018, their energy and ideas are sure to add a lot to our active board dynamic. Please join us in welcoming them.
On December 14 we voted on our 2018 Board of Directors and unanimously appointed John Bissell to be our Board Chair. John’s speech from that night not only earned him a standing ovation but