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: Call for Nominations for the Berkshire Trendsetter Awards
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 [...]
Berkshire Eagle: 1Berkshire survey will shape future marketing, April 2013
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, [...]
Press Release: 1Berkshire Launches Surveys for Berkshire Branding Project
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 [...]
Berkshire Eagle: Clark Art Institute receives major collection of American art, April 2013
By Charles Bonenti, Berkshire Eagle Staff Posted: 03/29/2013 12:18:16 PM EDT Updated: 04/01/2013 12:35:53 PM EDT WILLIAMSTOWN — The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has received its largest gift to date of American art: 11 paintings and five drawings from New York-based collectors Frank and Katherine Martucci. The collection includes eight works by major [...]
Albany Times Union: Kripalu: Where Down Dogs Have Their Day, March 2013
My drive out to Kripalu in the Berkshires followed a typical weekday morning — coffee gulped, mad dash to the bus stop, a realization of forgotten library books. Then another mad dash to the school with the forgotten library books… read more.
Boston Globe: First Fridays Artswalk Energizes Downtown Pittsfield, March 2013
By Stephen Jermanok It’s late on Friday afternoon and a small crowd has gathered at Mary’s Carrot Cake on Union Street. Today Mary McGinnis’s 27-ingredient carrot cake and addictive red velvet cupcakes take second billing to the art of Jackie Kearns, 26. The University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate is presenting a show of her latest [...]
CreativeNext Resource Meeting Sessions
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 [...]
Berkshire Eagle: 1Berkshire has new partnership with Berkshire Enterprises, March 2013
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 [...]
iBerkshires: BCC Business Program Moves To 1Berkshire Office, March 2013
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, [...]
