Main Streets and Back Roads: Pittsfield

Adam Hinds worked in the Mideast for the United Nations – but now he’s come home to Pittsfield. Jess Lamb lived in Boston and Brooklyn – but chose Pittsfield as the place to start her business. And when Pittsfield bred brothers Mitch and Seth Nash left home, they vowed to never come back – but now they’ve relocated their novelty gift company from the Hub to their hometown. What’s drawing the young and ambitious to the Berkshires’ biggest city? Anthony Everett looks at how cheap rents and a can-do spirit are making Pittsfield an increasingly popular place to live, work and play.  Read more about why entrepreneurs are returning to the Berkshires  >>