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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2013 For More Information:  Berkshire Creative (413) 499-1600 x103 info@berkshirecreative.org CreativeNext Resource Meetings Offered to Local Berkshire Businesses A 1Berkshire Event Powered by Berkshire Creative Pittsfield, MA – On May 1, 2013, Patrick-Murray Administration’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development will collaborate with Berkshire Creative and 1Berkshire to hold [...]

1Berkshire Strategic Alliance 66 Allen Street, Pittsfield MA 01201 www.1Berkshire.com  For additional information, please contact: Lauri Klefos Chief Marketing Officer 1Berkshire (413) 499-1600 x130 lklefos@berkshires.org  PRESS RELEASE  1Berkshire: Call for Nominations for the Berkshire Trendsetter Awards  PITTSFIELD, MA – 1Berkshire, the designated Regional Economic Development Organization, has enhanced the Third Annual Berkshire Trendsetter Awards by [...]

By Dick Lindsay, Berkshire Eagle Staff Posted:   04/12/2013 12:21:56 AM EDT Updated:   04/12/2013 11:53:33 AM EDT PITTSFIELD — What makes the Berkshires, the Berkshires? Tens of thousands of people are being asked that question; the answers are expected to shape a marketing plan to better promote all aspects of the area, not just tourism, [...]

For additional information, please contact: Lauri Klefos Chief Marketing Officer 1Berkshire (413) 499-1600 x130 lklefos@berkshires.org   PRESS RELEASE  1Berkshire Launches Surveys for Berkshire Branding Project LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD — All are welcome to participate!   Pittsfield, MA –  1Berkshire  is working with ISM , a lifestyle marketing firm based in Boston with key executives [...]

Are you a creative business owner looking for support? All businesses, organizations, and individuals working in the creative industries can sign up for sessions to access business support and resources. Take advantage of this opportunity to connect to state and local business advisers during the new Creative Industries CreativeNext Resource Meetings and Office Hours. Do you work in [...]

By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff PITTSFIELD — Scott Kirchner refers to Berkshire Enterprises as a “bootcamp for businesses.” He should know. The co-owner of Mad Macs on North Street went through the 20-week entrepreneurial training program for displaced workers looking to start their own businesses before the county’s only authorized seller of Apple Computer products [...]

By Andy McKeever iBerkshires Staff 12:55PM / Monday, March 25, 2013 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Scott Kirchner figured that since he knew a lot about Apple products and there wasn’t a store in the county, it would be simple to start up a successful business. He was wrong. He tried but he had no business plan, [...]

For additional information, please contact: Lauri Klefos Chief Marketing Officer 1Berkshire (413) 499-1600 x130 lklefos@berkshires.org Heidi Weber Public Relations Manager Berkshire Community College (413) 236-2116 hweber@berkshirecc.edu  PRESS RELEASE 1Berkshire and Berkshire Community College Announce New Partnership; Berkshire Enterprises Program Finds New Home at Central Station  Pittsfield, MA – 1Berkshire in partnership with Berkshire Community College [...]

For Immediate Release December 10, 2012 For additional information, please contact: Lauri Klefos Chief Marketing Officer 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance (413) 743-4500, x130 lklefos@berkshires.org Ashley Sulock Director of Marketing & Communications Berkshire Chamber of Commerce (413) 499-4000, x115 asulock@berkshirechamber.com   1Berkshire Strategic Alliance Introduces David Curtis as Economic Development Specialist Pittsfield, MA – The 1Berkshire Strategic [...]

By Dick Lindsay, Berkshire Eagle Staff Posted:   10/21/2012 12:10:07 AM EDT Phoebe Honig looks at paintings at the store Treehouse at a recent First Fridays Artswalk in downtown Pittsfield. (Eagle file) Sunday October 21, 2012PITTSFIELD — A new resident of the city’s Upstreet Cultural District plans to step out during next month’s First Friday Artswalk. [...]