City Councilor Lisa Blackmer

09/26/2025

Fulfilling one of the many roles of a Councilor. 2 1/2 hour drive this morning to get to Massachusetts Municipal Councilors Association (MMCA) breakfast meeting. Kristina Johnson Hudson's Director of Planning and Community Development speaking about successes in planning, zoning, and housing. Great to hear from her and engage with Colleagues from across the state!

05/07/2025

A few more details and photos of the conference I attended on Saturday. These events are an opportunity to advocate for and engage in discussions about issues that impact our City. I consider this participation key to the work of an elected official, particularly in Northern Berkshire.

07/18/2023

For Folks looking for resources

Supporting Massachusetts communities and maximizing aid to those who have been adversely impacted by excessive rain and flooding.

04/10/2022

Yesterday, I spent a Saturday morning with colleagues from the four western counties (including Mayor's, Councilors, Managers, Planning Board members, Fin/Com, and Select Board Members) at the Western Massachusetts Municipal Conference. Workshops include Police Reform, ARPA, Housing, and Public Infrastructure. I can only attend 2 workshops. Too bad there weren't some other folks from North Adams attending. Great panelists and colleagues talking about issues that are so important to Western Massachusetts, Berkshire County, and specifically North Adams.

12/05/2021

Meeting
Tuesday December 7, 2021

The North Adams City Council General Government Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday December 7, 2021
at 6:00 pm via Zoom.

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law,
G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people
that may gather in one place, this meeting of the North Adams City Council General Government Committee will
be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. Specific information and the general
guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to
attend this meeting can be found on the City of North Adams’ website, at https://www.northadams-ma.gov/ For
this meeting, members of the public who wish to watch the meeting may do so in the following manner: Zoom
No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that
the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are
unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post on the https://www.northadams-ma.gov/ website an audio or
video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.

Chair Statement for virtual meetings

Call to Order and Roll Call
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Council Paper 11,859 Amending Ordinance Language Sec. 21-12 Snow and ice removal from
sidewalks and 21-29 Sidewalk Obstruction
3. Council Paper 11790 communication from Councilor Bona regarding short term rentals and
ordinance draft created in the Community Development committee
Adjournment
Councilor Lisa Blackmer
General Government Committee Chairperson

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Dec 7, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: General Government
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10/23/2021

Here is the link to the city budget.

https://cms9files.revize.com/northadamsma/City%20Reports/Budget%20-%20City/Budget%20FY2022%20City%20of%20North%20Adams.pdf

10/23/2021

A great opportunity and a project that will have a real impact!

We’re hiring: BUILDERS

At Greylock WORKS, we’re building new purpose across a 240,000 SF former cotton-spinning mill campus on a beautifully revitalized 9-acre (former) brownfield site between North Adams and Williamstown.

Extensive construction experience is not a requirement. Reliability, desire to learn, collaborate, focus attention to diverse tasks, and respect for craft are touchstones of this position. Work will include selective demolition, carpentry, concrete, custom fabrication, property management and maintenance.

Our design-build practice celebrates clean details, raw natural materials, and repurposed building elements to create spaces that are both timeless and inspiring.

Please email interest to [email protected]
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