About Pittsfield

The City of Pittsfield is the cultural, commercial, legal, and medical hub of the Berkshires – a region world-renowned for its outstanding standard of living, breathtaking landscape, and the finest in cultural and recreational attractions.

Through recent initiatives, Downtown Pittsfield has truly become the Downtown of the Berkshires, as young professionals, artists and many more are moving into the downtown and into the neighborhoods to work and to live. With new attractions, including the world-class Colonial Theatre, the Tony Award-winning Barrington Stage Company, and a new downtown cinema center on the way, private investment has further bolstered the energy driving Pittsfield’s revitalization.

In the heart of the beautiful Berkshires, Pittsfield State Forest offers endless trails through gorgeous scenery, along with streams, waterfalls, and Berry Pond, which at 2,150 feet in elevation is one of the highest natural bodies of water in Massachusetts. The state forest offers facilities for camping, non-motorized boating, biking, and more. In addition, Balance Rock State Park is the home of a true natural wonder that you have to see to believe, along with miles of wooded trails for running, biking, cross country skiing and more. For downhill skiing, Bousquet Ski Area offers trails for beginners to the most experienced, as well as snowboarding and snow tubing.

As the commercial center of the Berkshires, Pittsfield is the home of the world headquarters of GE Plastics and KB Toys, and a General Dynamics Defense Systems center, which recently secured a $56 million contract from the U.S. Navy for its state of the art defense technology. Forward-thinking entrepreneurs have been investing and growing in Pittsfield, including Interprint’s new $25 million facility to make way for its remarkable growth, biomedical firm Nuclea Biomarkers, and WorkshopLive, an online musical education site, which continues to grow and add new and exciting jobs in our city.

Pittsfield is the financial center of the Berkshires, as home to the ever-growing Berkshire Bank, Legacy Banks, Greylock Federal Credit Union, and Berkshire Life. And as the medical hub of the Berkshires, Pittsfield is the home of Berkshire Health Systems and its major hospitals, Berkshire Medical Center and Hillcrest hospital.

We invite you to continue to browse through the City of Pittsfield’s official Website and learn all about the wonderful things happening in our fine city, and we certainly hope you will come and see it all for yourself.