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1Berkshire Awards 52 Facade Improvement Grants
Staff Reports ,
04:59PM / Saturday, August 12, 2023
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New plantings in front of Boxcar Media on Main Street North Adams.

Businesses could utilize the grant for plantings.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Using a FY23 Regional Economic Development Projects Grant from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, 1Berkshire has awarded 52 facade improvement grants through its Best Foot Forward Program. 
 
The Best Foot Forward Program, now in its second pilot year, provided small businesses and organizations with a pedestrian-facing facade, storefront, or presence with grants of up to $1000 to support non-construction improvements to their respective business aesthetic. Improvements ranged from window cleaning to painting, to plantings, lighting, seating, and more. Through the program in FY23, $48,000 was awarded across 11 communities in the Berkshires, improving the facade presence of at least 81 individual businesses, and supporting over $67,000 in additional private investment in facade improvements across the grant awardees. 
 
 "It's programs like this that showcase how small investments and support can inspire incredible things, bolster economic development, and improve our small business community in grassroots ways," said Benjamin Lamb, 1Berkshire Vice President of Economic Development. 
 
The grant recipients for the FY23 program are:
 
Braytonville Properties LLC - Adams
 
Adams Theater LLC - Adams
 
Full Well Farm - Adams
 
The Neon Newt - Becket
 
B F Sullivant Post 155 - Dalton
 
Berkshire Dry Goods - Great Barrington
 
Robin's Candy - Great Barrington
 
Familiar Trees - Great Barrington
 
Red Shirt Farm - Lanesborough
 
Concepts of Art LTD - Lenox
 
Ventfort Hall - Lenox
 
The Mount - Lenox
 
The Gifted Child - Lenox
 
Hado-Mark Gallery - Lenox
 
His Daughter Paloma - Lenox
 
Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio - Lenox
 
Church on the Hill - Lenox
 
Brook Farm Inn - Lenox
 
Belvoir Terrace Inc. - Lenox
 
WAM Theatre - Lenox
 
Catwalk Boutique - Lenox
 
Gail Grandchamp Personal Training Studio - North Adams
 
Roots Teen Center - North Adams
 
Berkshire Cider Project / The Garage - North Adams
 
Wallasauce & Conscientious Cloth / Wait-A-Minute - North Adams
 
Boxcar Media LLC - North Adams
 
Heart's Pace - North Adams
 
Berkshire Emporium - North Adams
 
Kempville Flags Inc. - North Adams
 
Trail House Kitchen and Bar  - North Adams
 
42 Summer LLC - Pittsfield
 
Berkshire Graphics Inc. - Pittsfield
 
Pittsfield Residences LLC - Pittsfield
 
Circa - Pittsfield
 
Soma's Aromas - Pittsfield
 
Steven Valenti Inc. - Pittsfield
 
Berkshire Music School - Pittsfield
 
Ledgewood Team LLC - Pittsfield
 
Berkshire Art Center (IS183) - Pittsfield
 
Deidre's Special Day - Pittsfield
 
Harte's Package and Variety - Pittsfield
 
Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield - Pittsfield
 
Norman Rockwell Museum - Stockbridge
 
The Floor Store - West Stockbridge
 
Flourish Market - West Stockbridge
 
Nature's Closet & The Smoothie Spot - Williamstown
 
Mezze Bistro + Bar - Williamstown
 
Images Cinema - Williamstown
 
Wild Oats Cooperative Inc. - Williamstown
 
The Cottage - Williamstown
 
Williamstown Chamber - Williamstown
 
Cricket Creek Farm - Williamstown
 
Work associated with the grant awards is complete in many cases and still underway for some. 
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