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Neal, Business Organizations Sponsor Export Forum
Staff Reports,
02:49PM / Friday, January 25, 2013

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Small-business development organizations and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal are sponsoring a forum on how local companies could benefit from exporting their products.

The Pittsfield Export Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 29, will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza will feature two panel talks, followed by a luncheon with the congressman.

The forum sessions are free and open to all area businesses.

Neal will join the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon following the forum at the Crowne Plaza at noon in the ballroom; the cost is $35. Register for the luncheon here.
 
Neal will address the current fiscal situation, tax reform, exports, the

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Berkshire Chamber Nite Planned at Lenox Woods
03:36PM / Thursday, May 10, 2012
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce will host Chamber Nite at Lenox Commons and Lenox Woods located at 55 Pittsfield Road, Lenox, on Wednesday, May 16. Networking will be from 5 to 7.

Chamber members are invited to join the Berkshire Chamber for its popular monthly after-hours event. Guests will enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Don't forget your business cards for networking and to be eligible for the door prizes. Guests will check in at the registration table located at the condo model and main office for Lenox Woods at Kennedy Park. Networking will take place throughout the Lenox Commons plaza.

The Berkshire Chamber offers monthly networking

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Williams Chamber Meeting Raising Funds for Irene Victims
11:43AM / Monday, November 28, 2011
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting will be a fundraising event for the Community Fund for the Spruces and for Higher Ground.

The meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 7 at the Orchards. It is open to the public and the cost is $30 per person for members and nonmembers with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated.  

Because of the devastation that happened during Hurricane Irene, and the holiday season upon us, chamber members did not want to forget about the residents of Spruces Mobile Home Park, many of whom will never be able to go back to their homes. Representatives from the Community Fund and Higher Ground will be on

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North Adams Starting Merchants Association
09:16AM / Thursday, September 29, 2011
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A small group of business owners is hoping to establish a merchants association in the city.

Working in conjunction with Develop North Adams and the city's Office of Tourism, the group will hold a networking event on Monday, Oct. 3, from 6 to 7:30 at Desperados on Eagle Street.

The topic will be how local businesses and shop owners can work collectively to promote business and shopping here in North Adams, particularly during the holiday season. The group encourages participants bring along ideas of how to market the city or about organizing events.

While many of establishments here are part of the larger Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, the city's been

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Chamber Drive Nets Donation for Shelter
07:18PM / Monday, August 22, 2011

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Allen Harris of Berkshire Money Management is pledging to donate thousands to the Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter as part of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce membership drive.

Harris, a member of the chamber and an advocate for the care of abandoned animals, combined his two philanthropic interests by promising to donate $1,000 to the shelter for every person who joins the Chamber of Commerce through Berkshire Money Management.

"In my business you try to create synergy and leverage in investments. I thought I would try it on the non-profit side," Harris said. "The Sonsini Shelter needed improvements and when we heard about the chamber's

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