Greylock Economy Working Group

Post date: Jul 28, 2016 4:26:33 PM

TO:

Community and Economic Development Advisory Board, North Adams

Michael Nuvallie

http://www.northadamspartnership.com/

Head of Board - Duncan Brown John DeRosa ( North Adams)

Hoosic River Revival

Judy Grinnell- Director:

http://www.hoosicriverrevival.org/plans-for-hoosic-river-revival-project-flowing-right-along/

Lever

http://www.leverinc.org/new-board-of-directors/

Director - Jeffrey Thomas

Mayor Richard Alcombright, North Adams

Jason Hoch, Town Manager, Williamstown

Emily Watts, Executive Director, Williamstown Chamber of Commerce

DESTINATION WILLIAMSTOWN

Sandra Thomas

Merritt Colaizzi

ExploreNorthAdams.com

Chamber, Facebook site

Gail Cariddi, State Representative

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You’re invited to bring ideas on Aug. 11, 2016

Be part of the Greylock Economy Working Group

The Berkshires have always been a center of creativity. Until late in the 20^th century, our region contributed literary, spiritual and industrial ideas to a growing nation—and attracted thousands of prosperous city dwellers, and aspiring immigrants, to build and work in factories.

But industrial economics has not favored us. Thousands and thousands of jobs are gone, forcing generations to look elsewhere for work. Housing, mills and stores built for many more people now languish.

Meanwhile, this land continues to inspire us, and to offer promise to a new generation of farmers and environmental stewards. Information technology is forging a new closeness with the nation’s business, academic and entrepreneurial heartbeats. And green, local, cultural investments are sparking new excitement.

Are you ready to take on the local, sustainable, creative-economy challenge?

What are our unique cultural, economic and environmental values and assets?
Where are the 21^st-century entrepreneurs to capitalize on them?
How do we invite them to join us, to prosper and sustain the best of the Greylock Region—Adams, North Adams and Williamstown?
How do we begin an affordable and shared-housing renaissance?
What about transportation, community media, civic- and career-based education?
How do we make sure a new economy works for all of us, including those with health and education needs?

Please join the

Thurs., Aug. 11, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The Greylock Mill, 508 State Road, North Adams

Co-conveners include Bill Densmore and Tela Zasloff, The Greylock Independent and Sarah Gardner and Beth Goodman, Northern Berkshire Green Drinks.

Special thanks to GreylockWORKS for opening their event space.

For Pre-Registration (required) and for more information about this gathering, go to http://www.greylockcreative.org. You can also email news@greylockindependent.com

Join facilitated, circle-round, “open space” discussion around this convening question: “What’s possible if we balance idealism with practical ideas to make good things happen?” We propose an informal, unaffiliated collaboration of citizens. We’ll meet periodically and assist existing groups and initiatives—government and private, business, social, cultural, spiritual, inclusive and welcoming. We mean to foster business that matters, ventures that put employees, community and the environment on par with profits. Come help start a Greylock economic revolution.

Greylock Economy Working Group

You’re invited to bring ideas on Aug. 11, 2016

Be part of the Greylock Economy Working Group

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