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Town Administrator Michael Canales says a number of municipal projects speak to Stockbridge’s progress during the pandemic.
Change and Progress
For several years, Kerswill co-owned Mutabil- ity in Motion, a gift shop she ran with her wife, Laureen Vizza. When COVID hit, they made the decision to close the shop.
“We’re working on new endeavors, still keep- ing our efforts local, but in new areas,” she explained. In addition to starting a personal blog called artmeditationlife.com, Kerswill has become a licensed realtor.
“The real-estate market is doing well — in fact, it’s crazy.”
“The real-estate market is doing well — in fact, it’s crazy,” she said, adding that home- improvement services are also coming back strong, as evidenced by long wait times for many home projects.
In terms of municipal projects, Stockbridge added a new highway garage this past spring, though supply-chain issues caused delays in fin- ishing it even sooner.
A current project nearing completion is the Larrywaug Bridge on Route 183. Canales expects this busy connector road will be open by the win- ter, with finishing touches to be completed in the spring.
Next year, repair work will begin on the Children’s Chimes Tower, a fixture in Stock-
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normal show.
“Tanglewood is an example of one of the big
events that happened as a smaller event for this year,” he said.
Despite the limited schedule, Kerswill said it was important that Tanglewood held events this year. “Tanglewood is integral to the local econ- omy. It provides so many jobs in the area and
definitely brings visitors to town for dining and shopping.”
Kerswill also wanted to set the record straight for BusinessWest about “a broad misconcep- tion” that Tanglewood is located in Lenox. “The entrance is in Lenox, but nearly 85% of Tangle- wood’s land is actually in Stockbridge.”
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