Berkshire Taconic Announces Launch of ACloserLook.Net
Sheffield, Mass. — Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation today announced the launch of ACloserLook.net, an easy-to-navigate, interactive web resource providing current data, resident perspectives and multimedia stories on the four-county region Berkshire Taconic serves.
A digital companion to the foundation’s print report of the same name, ACloserLook.net features:
- An interactive map with at-a-glance profiles of 67 towns; Berkshire, Columbia, northern Dutchess and northwest Litchfield counties; and the BTCF region overall. The data is organized by topic: population, jobs, education, incomes and poverty, and housing. The map also shows public school enrollment data for 30-plus districts.
- Dozens of data visualizations using graphs, charts and maps to bring five themes into focus: jobs and the economy, demographic transition, youth and the future workforce, deepening inequality, and assets and infrastructure.
- Multimedia stories that illustrate these themes through the lives of local residents.
- Results from the foundation’s resident survey, with responses available by age, income and education level.
- A downloadable PDF of Berkshire Taconic’s Plan for the Future, which outlines three new priority areas where the foundation believes philanthropy can make a difference.
Designed to build community knowledge and inspire critical thinking about the region’s future, ACloserLook.net will be regularly refreshed with new data and stories.
About Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Now in its 30th year, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities by inspiring charitable giving in northwest Litchfield County, CT; Berkshire County, MA; and Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY. A nonprofit public charity with $150 million in assets, the foundation distributed a total of $6.5 million through grants and scholarships in 2017 to nonprofits and individuals in the arts and education, health and human services, and environmental protection. You can make a difference. We can help. www.berkshiretaconic.org
