This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com It was a surprise to me that the creator of my favorite brand of mineral makeup was Great Barrington’s largest private employer and also a driving force in the town’s economic development. […]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com For our Animal themed issue, Main Street interviewed Scot Galliher, the founder and owner of Silver Mountain Hay, in his 1835 house overlooking snow covered hay fields. We discovered the origin of the expression “making hay while the sun shines.” How would you describe your business? Silver Mountain Hay sows, harvests, and stores hay of the highest quality for horse feed. The term “hay” is actually an imprecise catchall word for many types of grasses that are fed to animals. I started the [...]

By Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. | info@mainstreetmag.com It’s no mystery that people are attracted to this area for its simplicity and beauty. The desire to live here on a full or part-time basis is driven by the quality of life we believe we can achieve. An unfortunate side effect of this – particularly if you’re a first-time buyer – is increased home prices. When demand increases and supply decreases, prices go up. This basic economic relationship is being played out all over Columbia County, NY. And [...]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com Unless you live in a mobile home or are part of the mobile home industry, few people are aware of the history, economics, and regulations shaping the mobile home real estate market. Main Street’s monthly real estate feature decided to investigate this unfamiliar segment of the residential real estate market. A brief history Trailer to mobile home to manufactured home Out of necessity during the Great Depression of the 1930s many unemployed and impoverished Americans started living in trailers originally designed for traveling [...]

By CB Wismar  | info@mainstreetmag.com The man with the microphone does not usually speak to large groups. His voice is measured, almost a whisper, at times. What he is saying is heartfelt, and the audience spread in sweeping arcs on the hillside listens intently, not wishing to disturb the moment. “I’m not sure I knew who I was …” This is a dramatic, personal, deeply engaged presentation. Then, suddenly, the moment changes. As if on cue, a great white horse moves from across the round corral [...]