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| News and events in South Berkshire, Mass.
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Great Barrington Community Preservation Committee to Review Funding | 08:00AM / Saturday, May 21, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The town's Community Preservation Committee will host a virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. to review CPA funding recommendations for the FY2023 year. The spending plans are subject to approval by voters at the June 6 Annual Town Meeting. The May 24 meeting and log-in links can be found on the town calendar here. The CPC has recommended the following expenditures: $200,000 for the town's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, for down payment and rental assistance for buyers or residents living in Great Barrington. $50,000 in pre-development funds to support Construct's proposed affordable housing development at 0 Comments
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Clinton Church Restoration Announces New Funding| 12:00PM / Friday, May 20, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Clinton Church Restoration has been awarded a $117,000 capital grant from MassDevelopment and the Mass Cultural Council, part of a round of Cultural Facilities Fund grants. The funds will be used to help complete architectural and engineering plans for the African American cultural heritage center the nonprofit is creating in downtown Great Barrington. This is the project's second award from the Fund, whose planning and capital grants provide investments in cultural facilities throughout the Commonwealth. "It's wonderful to see this funding from the Cultural Facilities Fund," said Dan Bolognani, executive director of the 0 Comments
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Bidwell House Museum Online: 'The Thieves of Threadneedle Street'| 08:22AM / Friday, May 20, 2022 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Join the Bidwell House Museum on May 21 at 4 p.m. for a talk about the Thieves of Threadneedle Street and learn how two Bidwell brothers perpetrated one of the biggest forgeries in the Bank of England's history. According to a press release, in 2008, as the world's economies were collapsing, writer Nicholas Booth wondered when the first ever global economic collapse had taken place. It was 1873, and for the author himself, so began a journey which led to his unearthing the true story surrounding something known as "The Great Forgeries Upon The Bank of England." Had the perpetrators been successful, they would have got away with 0 Comments
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