We Understand Our Mission. What’s Theirs?
Posted by - Bruce Winn : Category - Conservation Commissions, Pittsfield City GovernmentBEAT’s reason for being is to protect the environment. You might ask what exactly we are protecting the environment from. It occurs to me that in the six years of our existence, we have protected it primarily from the Pittsfield Conservation Commission. There’s something not quite right about that.
We are a county-wide organization, not a Pittsfield organization; but Pittsfield issues take up most of our time. You might say that this makes sense, since Pittsfield is a large city. But then you would expect the Pittsfield Conservation Commission to have a heavier work load than, say the Egremont Conservation Commission or the Stockbridge Conservation Commission or the Sheffield Conservation Commission or the Monterey Conservation Commission. In fact, each of these commissions meets once or twice a month for about 2 to 4 hours per meeting. Pittsfield’s commission meets every three weeks for an hour or less. Read more…