The U.S. Department of Commerce will give the center $914,465 over two years to establish a “manufacturing academy” that’s meant to spur growth, and jobs, in that business sector.
Tony Dobrowolski, The Berkshire Eagle, July 26, 2022
Berkshire County becomes an Economic Development District
Designation recognizes region’s openness to new approaches to improving economic conditions.
Laura Brennan for Berkshire Trade & Commerce, March 2022
The Berkshire Edge BUSINESS MONDAY: The year in review
Taking stock of and appreciating our wins alongside our challenges.
By Jonathan Butler
December 20, 2021
Response and Recovery: BRPC evolves, adapts to better address region’s COVID challenge
By Laura Brennan for Berkshire Trade & Commerce July 2021
We’ve all grown weary of quite a few phrases over the last year or so – social distancing, PPE, and Zoom etiquette, just to name a few – but a pandemic platitude that will be particularly good to see fade away is “pivot.”
Planning group to apply federal money to Berkshires’ pandemic-recovery efforts
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission has received $842,522 in federal CARES Act money to develop a program to provide technical assistance to area businesses and municipalities recovering from the economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and better prepare them for similar events.