Our guest speaker last week was Rebecca Brien of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Brien, most recently the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsfield, brings a combined professional background in business, sales, and hospitality, along with a passion for fundraising and volunteerism, to her new role as Managing Director of DPI. The organization boasts, Brien brings key skills to her new role in building relationships with business owners, residents, and visitors. In her comments, Ms. Brien touts the many new and continuing efforts of her organization, including new guidebooks, support for the Berkshire Flyer tourist train, expanded events around the July 4th parade, new murals throughout downtown and a wide assortment of grants in support of cultural and educational programing in downtown. Brien pledges to keep DPI focused on helping businesses of all sizes in the downtown area thrive.DPI Update
Our guest speaker last week was Rebecca Brien of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Brien, most recently the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsfield, brings a combined professional background in business, sales, and hospitality, along with a passion for fundraising and volunteerism, to her new role as Managing Director of DPI. The organization boasts, Brien brings key skills to her new role in building relationships with business owners, residents, and visitors. In her comments, Ms. Brien touts the many new and continuing efforts of her organization, including new guidebooks, support for the Berkshire Flyer tourist train, expanded events around the July 4th parade, new murals throughout downtown and a wide assortment of grants in support of cultural and educational programing in downtown. Brien pledges to keep DPI focused on helping businesses of all sizes in the downtown area thrive.