History

CDCSB has helped to create sustainable communities in southern Berkshire County since 1988. These are some of our milestones:

1988
Incorporation around Great Barrington Main Street issues with the intent to build a town market place and meeting hall

1998
Home-based Business Assistance Program initiated, sponsored by the towns of Great Barrington and Sheffield; awarded an EPA Site Assessment Grant for the New England Log Homes project (NELH); formation of the South Berkshire Housing Coalition

2001
Awarded a Supplemental EPA Site Assessment Grant for NELH

2002
NELH Environmental Assessment Phase I and Phase II completed by engineering firm Fuss and O’Neill Inc.

2003
140 East Street: completion of nine affordable rental units, first in Great Barrington in 20 years

2004
Great Barrington town vote to donate land for affordable housing on Hillside Avenue; acquisition of Pinewoods site, Stockbridge

2005
NELH Environmental Assessment Phase III and Phase IV completed by Ransom Environmental Inc.

2007
Pinewoods: completion of 30 affordable rental units

2009
Hillside Avenue: completion of ten affordable rental units; first new construction of affordable rental units in Great Barrington in 10+ years; designated developer for the Searles/Bryant School complex in Great Barrington