Sarah DeFusco is a writer, seamstress, and artist based out of North Adams, MA. She graduated from MCLA in 2018 with a degree in creative writing, and now runs two local businesses focusing on upcycling and sustainability through textiles.
Three friends born and raised in Adams, Massachusetts, began building their future, one tiny house at a time — and are now operating in their own hometown one of the largest micro manufacturing businesses in the country.
Passed down through generations of the Levanos family, Jack’s Hot Dog Stand has served its loyal community with pride, consistently low prices, and good food for over 100 years.
From delivering sandwiches on the West Coast to bringing cross-country flavors to the East Coast, Jenny Klowden and Bryan “Swifty” Josephs are serving the Berkshires a variety of elevated classics from an ever-changing, farm-to-table focused menu.
Working in the restaurant business isn’t always fun and games — unless you’re the Forstmanns, having a great time serving creative recipes from their Chingón taco truck.
Creatively inspired since his childhood in Puerto Rico, local artist and business owner Marcos Davila brings years of experience, creative traditional styles, and a hint of rebelliousness to the ink scene in the Berkshires.
With a recent change in ownership, a fresh coat of paint, and the same great menu, this locally established pizza shop is coming back full swing with consistency, quality, and the intent to succeed as a small business in the Berkshires.
Music venue by night, breakfast hot spot by morning — The Parlor Café is seeing success in its newest home on Union Street, inside the HiLo performance building.
The two women owners of this small-scale, sustainable farm aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, providing accessible, quality local food to Berkshire County.
Plant store, incubation space, art gallery, and more — this small business tackled its mid-pandemic start up with avant-garde ideas, and a year later, is thriving. “We really believe that we’re trying to push something different from just a shop.”
