The Berkshire Benchmarks program's website will be maintained with updated data and indicators, and a state of the county update for FY25 will be developed. Support for the continuation of Berkshire Benchmarks is through Berkshires Tomorrow.

Milltown Foundation, through Berkshires Tomorrow, is providing funding to support Berkshire Benchmarks in 2025/2026. This support will assist in maintaining the BerkshireBenchmarks.org website and keep the data up to date.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) is funding BRPC through a National Endowment for the Arts grant to design, launch and track shared measurement tools for the launch of a Berkshire County Blueprint for Arts Education.

Berkshire Leadership Impact Council, through the Berkshire United Way, is providing funding to update the Berkshire Benchmarks website and to create regional indicators for the county.

Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) is compiling data for Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation on their region as they update municipal profiles in support of their "A Closer Look" report.

Funding has been received from Berkshire Bank, Greylock Federal Credit Union and Pittsfield Cooperative Bank to support the marketing of the 2020 Census for the hard-to-count populations, including immigrants, minorities, low income, children, college age and snowbirds.

This grant is to provide education on the Census 2020 through the libraries in the Central Berkshire district. This includes Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington, Becket, and Windsor.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth is providing funds to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission to conduct outreach to the hard to count populations within Berkshire County.

Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is assisting BERK12 in providing data and projections for the Mohawk Trail - Hawlemont school district sustainability study.

This project will establish a regionalized municipal cybersecurity program in Berkshire County. This project will support communities in Berkshire County to make their internet-based information technology systems safer and standardized.

The Commonwealth is funding BRPC through its Efficiency and Regionalization program to upgrade the Building Permit Software for 21 communities and the Board of Health Permitting Software for 13 communities.

BRPC is partnering with MCLA and the C4 Initiative to promote Berkshire County's cultural institutions to local educators and students in an effort to improve the arts in the county.

BRPC is working with the other RPAs throughout the state to develop a common set of GIS standards for a Statewide Trail map. This project is managed through MAPC and funded by MassTrails.

Berkshire Benchmarks has released the 2023 State of the County Update. Take a look at what's going on in the county.

Berkshire Benchmarks State of the County Update 2024

Berkshire County Public School Enrollment Projections 2020