Pearl Ambassador Program Enhances Downtown Pittsfield Cleanliness

iBERKSHIRES.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI), in partnership with ServiceNet, and with support from MassDevelopment’s TDI Local Grant, has [...]

Berkshire Health Systems commits $300,000 to Pittsfield’s new housing resource center

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE MONDAY, JUNE 23RD,2025 PITTSFIELD — As construction at The First ramps up in preparation for its fall opening, the community partners behind the [...]

Pittsfield’s new housing resource center will open its doors this September — here’s how you can help sustain it

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025 PITTSFIELD — When people walk through the doors of the housing resource center at Zion Lutheran Church, they won’t be asked [...]

Alternative housing found ahead of Days Inn shelter closure on Friday

BY ANTHONY CAMMALLERI THE GREENFIELD RECORDER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 GREENFIELD — As the state-funded Days Inn shelter, which has predominantly housed Haitian immigrants and refugees, prepares [...]

Shelter workers are concerned this year’s point-in-time count won’t accurately capture homelessness in the Berkshires

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 On the night of Jan. 29, when providers counted how many people are experiencing homelessness in the Berkshires, [...]

Third Annual “Giving Tree” to Bring Warmth and Joy to ServiceNet Community Members

At the REACH Early Intervention Program and family shelters in Pittsfield and Greenfield, our staff works tirelessly to support hundreds of families during challenging periods of transition.   [...]

How does ServiceNet help those who are unhoused find housing? We talk to Erin Forbush, its director of shelter and housing

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 When it’s your job to think, talk and write about housing every day, you quickly learn that everyone in the […]