This Month’s Featured Articles…
Dear Main Street Magazine Readers
Dear Main Street Magazine readers, First off, thank you so much for reading this issue that has turned into our largest issue to date at 84 pages. It was last spring that Viviann Berlinghoff called me up and asked if I'd ever consider featuring young entrepreneurs because she's very passionate about the topic. After some brainstorming and then working on this issue for over five months, what you've just read are 30 interviews with incredible business people that all hail from our region. All of [...]
The Future Workforce of America
Just like the real estate market and inflation, the job market has had its fair share of ups and downs in recent years. Recent college graduates and those with a few years of work experience under their belts have been met with quite a few challenges. For many, the pandemic interrupted their college experiences and certainly impacted the job market they entered upon graduation. According to research presented by project-management tool, TeamStage, as of 2023, millennials accounted for more than one-third of all workers in [...]
In Business: Commercial Real Estate Roundup
The real estate market in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, and Litchfield hills has been on a wild ride. The pandemic fueled a lot of movement in the commercial and residential markets, and more recently, there’s been an uptick in demand for commercial real estate and mixed-use properties that can accommodate businesses and residents. Although many businesses have shuttered, others are popping up. A slew of new breweries, distilleries, and restaurants have opened. Agri-tourism is also on the rise, and a few marijuana dispensaries have opened [...]
The Curiosity of Collage – Vincent Inconiglios
Stepping into Vincent Inconiglios’s light-filled stone barn studio on Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT, reveals multimedia collages, gathered objects, and paintings. His curiosity and passion are infectious. He constantly considers his work and maneuvers pieces of recycled paper, as though he is forming thoughts on paper. Collage is the seed of his practice. “Born in Brooklyn, I went to college and spent some time in Ohio. In 1969, I moved back to New York City to focus on my studio practice. By 1970, [...]
Connecting Columbia County: A stalled Harlem Valley Rail Trail bridge & its impact on Hillsdale, NY
Recently, community attention has revisited a long-awaited, but undeveloped, project to construct a connecting bridge for the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. With this bridge completed, the rail trail would connect Hillsdale to the approximately 24-mile section of already-built trail and the 1.5 mile section that runs from the Hillsdale Hamlet south towards Copake Falls. The expected benefits of this increased foot and cycling traffic for the hamlet are believed to be plentiful. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate the project’s potential effect on Hillsdale and [...]
