Renovated Camp Arrow Wood offers new summer camp, event location
PITTSFIELD — Camp Arrow Wood, a 130-acre newly-renovated camp located on Richmond Pond, is launching a sports-centric, co-ed sleep-away camp for children in addition to lodging and event rentals on the property. Set on the 218-acre freshwater pond, Camp Arrow Wood will offer two- and three-week sessions this summer, as well as a leadership week for 16–18-year-olds and a one-week Arrow Wood Outdoor Adventure Camp.
The site has operated as a camp for over 100 years, first in 1904 by the Boys Club of Pittsfield and next in 1933 by Camp Allegro, a Jewish summer camp for girls. For the last 40 years, Lakeside Christian Camp offered summer camps, family weekends, and church retreats. In the same spirit, Camp Arrow Wood is opening as a summer camp and offering lodging and event rentals when the children’s camp isn’t in session.
The summer 2022 camp experience will include sports, along with traditional camp activities such as campfires, kayaking, and hiking. The sports curriculum includes specialized instruction for team sports like baseball, soccer, basketball, field hockey, volleyball, flag football, and lacrosse, as well as individual sports including tennis and golf. The camp also offers comprehensive programs for learning that include sports photography and videography production, sports analytics, coach training, social media, writing articles and blogs, and producing new camp apparel.
Starting in the spring and running through the fall, Arrow Wood also will be available for community access to the property through a variety of public events and private rentals.
Camp Arrow Wood was purchased in 2020 by Pittsfield-based community impact investment group Mill Town.
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Berkshire Innovation Center to host panel on crypto currency March 31
PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) will host a panel discussion: Rise of Crypto Currency: Crypto, Blockchain, and NFTs on Thursday, March 31, from 5–8 p.m. This free event will take place in-person at the Berkshire Innovation Center, 45 Woodlawn Ave. in Pittsfield, and will also be livestreamed.
BIC is bringing together a panel of blockchain and crypto enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and patent counsel to discuss the future of crypto and blockchain.
The discussion panel will be moderated by BIC Executive Director Ben Sosne. Speakers are Justin McKennon, CEO and co-founder of CoinBusters.io; Dave Nadig, chief investment officer and director of research at ETF Database; Chetan (Chet) Manikantan, founder and CEO of StonkLeague; Giovanna Fessenden, Counsel at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds; and Tim Loew, executive director of MassDigi at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
For more information and to register for this free event, click here. For help with registration: allison@the-bic.org.
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CHP names Dr. Ken Faber as Chief Medical Officer
GREAT BARRINGTON — Community Health Programs (CHP) has named Kenneth A. Faber, M.D., as chief medical officer. Faber has been serving as CHP’s interim chief medical officer since May 2021. He oversees a clinician staff of about 200 in CHP’s practice networks in Great Barrington, Lee, Pittsfield, and North Adams, as well as CHP’s mobile health unit.
Before joining CHP, Faber was vice president of clinical care at Grand Rounds Inc., a San Francisco-based health care company, where he focused on accelerating development telehealth services during the early COVID-19 shutdown. From 1997–2019, he worked with Colorado Permanente Medical Group in a series of leadership positions, including clinical care provider, senior physician director, chair of the internal review board, physician director for process improvement and most recently, as vice president.
As a practicing physician, he worked with Colorado Reproductive Endocrinology, and was an assistant professor in the University of Colorado Department of Reproductive Endocrinology. Faber earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He went on to complete a residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Maine Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Duke University School of Medicine. Faber was named “top doctor” by Denver’s 5280 magazine in 2011, and he was awarded the Council on Resident Education Teaching Award in 1999, 2000, and 2002.
—A.K.
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Berkshire Money Management welcomes two new team members
DALTON — Berkshire Money Management (BMM) welcomes two new additions to the team: Communications and Content Specialist Kimberly Campagna and Office Support Specialist Carla Cowdrey.
Campagna brings a decade of creative communications, marketing, and design experience to the BMM team. She earned her bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Northeastern University before relocating to the Berkshires in 2011. Most recently, she served for five years as the Marketing and Brand Manager at the Berkshire Museum, where she was responsible for marketing, PR, design, and social media as part of the community museum’s engagement team. In her role at BMM, Campagna collaborates with Community Development Director Nichole Dupont to keep clients and the community informed, support local organizations, and strengthen the company brand.
Cowdrey adds more than 20 years of operations and client care experience to the BMM roster. A graduate of Taconic High School, she began her career at what was then Berkshire Life Insurance, now Guardian Insurance Company of America. For the past nine years, she was an Operations Specialist in Inforce Individual Markets. At BMM, Cowdrey coordinates office IT, implements policies and procedures, assists with compliance testing and administrative duties, and provides broad support to clients and visitors.
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Goodwill leases space in Allendale for larger retail store and donation center
PITTSFIELD — Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont is expanding again, having recently leased 19,471 square feet of retail space in the Allendale Shopping Center, where it plans to relocate its Dalton Avenue thrift store and donation center later this spring. The site is located in the building that formerly housed Big Lots, which relocated to the Dalton Avenue Plaza Shopping Center in November to accommodate an expanded line of merchandise.
Goodwill’s current Pittsfield store, located at 457 Dalton Ave., opened in 2013 and encompasses 8,150 square feet. In the new location, which will more than double the store’s footprint, Goodwill will be able to increase the amount of merchandise and services offered and plans to add more employees, including supported employees. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for late spring.
—A.K.
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BFAIR welcomes Tami Minck
NORTH ADAMS – BFAIR welcomes Tami Minck as Quality Assurance Facilitator and Human Rights Coordinator. Minck started her career as a direct support professional working in a residential program in Rhode Island and has since worked in a variety of roles, including as a Residential Director, Program Coordinator, and most recently as the Director of Data Analytics and Quality Enhancement for Seven Hills Foundation in Worcester.
Her professional experiences include serving on Human Rights Committees (HRC) and volunteering as the Chairperson for the HRC for a provider agency in Rhode Island for many years. Minck received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island and holds a master of science in data analytics from Southern New Hampshire University.
Erin Shea, VP of quality compliance states the importance of this role: “Tami’s primarily responsible to ensure the delivery of quality supports and services, ensuring regulations are being met and adherence to CARF/QUEST standards. As Quality Assurance Facilitator she will be performing program visits to assess all activities, programs and plans to ensure current services align with BFAIR’s mission and values, reflect national accreditation standards as well as managing all aspects of Home and Community Services Information System (HCSIS).”
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