BerkShares: investing in community
by Cate Montana
Perhaps the greatest task of concerned citizens in the twenty-first century is to reclaim responsibility for the consequences of our economic transactions - personally, institutionally, and in public spending. BerkShares.org website
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts - Southern Berkshire's largest town, Great Barrington sports a population of 7400 people and serves as the economic hub for a number of nearby hill towns. Known for its historical yet fashionable shopping district, its fine restaurants, and local recreational attractions, the town draws a fair tourist trade year-round. It's Main Street was the first in the United States to have electric lights. Just past the town hall is a monument commemorating the site where the first slave was freed before the Civil War.









