PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield's Department of Community Development has announced a public workshop and input session as part of the preparation of the city's Master Plan.
In collaboration with VHB, the Department has initiated a year-long planning process aimed at crafting a Master Plan that will guide the city's growth and change while preserving its unique character and reflecting shared community values.
The updated Master Plan will serve as a key policy document for physical development, addressing critical areas such as land use, infrastructure, sustainability.
Input from city residents is a crucial part of the planning process. Therefore, a series of public workshops will be conducted, with the first session scheduled for Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 70 Allen Street, Pittsfield.
Residents are encouraged to attend to learn about the planning process and provide their feedback. For additional details about the event, please contact:
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Companion Corner: Baby at Berkshire Humane Society
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a sweet and chatty girl at the Berkshire Humane Society awaiting her new home.
iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.
Baby is a 10-year-old shorthair feline that has been at the shelter since December.
Feline/small animal adoption counselor Alyssa Petell introduced us to her.
"She is our lovely senior lady. She's about 10 years old, is what we estimate her to be. She's a very, very affectionate, sweet girlie," she said.
Baby came from a home that couldn't care for her anymore because of an abundance of animals in the house.
"When she first came in, she, of course, was surrendered because there were so many animals in the home that people couldn't handle the amount of animals they had, mostly cats. I think there was a dog, but it was too much for them," Petell said. "We quickly realized she had an upper respiratory infection, and she eventually got over it. It did take her a pretty long time, but she's since recovered from that issue, and she's doing much, much better."
Even though she came from a family of animals she would do well as the only pet.
"The perfect home for our girl, baby would be a nice, quiet home with adults, preferably adults only. She does not like other animals, although she did come from a home with a bunch of other animals, she prefers to be the only pet in the home," she said. "But she is a very lovely girl, and I think that she would do really well in a nice home, quiet, maybe older people."
Baby is quite affectionate, curious, and can be quirky.
"I honestly think she is a very, very sweet girl. She loves … one quirky thing that she does is walls. She pretends that they're scratching posts, so she'll kind of scratch them a little bit. And it's very, very funny. She does that in her cage. She loves her scratching posts."
She also loves to play with toys and eat treats.
"She actually does have a pretty playful side when she gets the time. I've seen her have the zoomies before, and it was very cute. Once she has the space and the energy, she does like to play and chase things around, Baby, she's very curious," Petell said.
She also loves to have conversations with you and will chat with you all day if she could.
"She's a very, very sweet girl. She will come up to you and rub on you and give you all the love in the world. She's also very vocal. She will talk to you all the time," she said.
Baby is a senior and she might need some dental work and some blood work to make sure she is completely healthy.
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