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   Albashevkin
   

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   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 25

   You are invited to the next community forum of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, Friday, December 12th from 10 AM to noon at the Baptist Church in North Adams. The topic of this meeting is the current and future state of our economy. We will have State Senator Benjamin Downing, Steve Crowe, President of MountainOne Financial Partners, and Steve Sheppard, an economist from Williams College present to help guide a community discussion with their opening remarks about where our region is headed.

   These are difficult times, and it's times like these that are important for the community to come together. Our December 12th forum is one opportunity to do just that. There are lots of questions that may come from the forum and I would like to see this online forum as a place where we can begin to get the conversation going. A measure of success of this forum will be the open and respectful conversation we can host about the economy with people from all walks of life.

   So.. post away with your questions that you'd like the forum about the current and future state of our economy to address. It'll help us to make this forum worthwhile for all.

   Thanks for your help!

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   revcbail
   

   Member
   Joined: Oct '08
   Posts: 3

   There are lots and lots of good questions we might ask.
   But here are three that are closer to my heart than most.
   (1) How can we locally work at increasing "green jobs" to boost the economy?
   (2) How can we make sure that mental health services, which will be even more needed in this kind of climate, aren't the first thing to disappear from local,state, federal budgets?
   (3) What kinds of creativity can be shown by local faith communities particularly with regard to facilities to figure out how to use the space, green the space, and pay for the space we already have? Should we think about ditching the buildings alltogether and letting Mayor Barrett buy them wholesale? Should we think about multipurpose uses for the spaces? Can we facilitate sharing among facilities?

   Posted 1 year ago #

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