WNPR Interview with CCP's Keynote Speaker Heather McGhee
HARTFORD, CT -- On Thursday, May 4, Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR's Where We Live host, interviewed Heather McGhee, CCP's May 12, 2017 Annual Meeting keynote speaker.
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HARTFORD, CT -- On Thursday, May 4, Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR's Where We Live host, interviewed Heather McGhee, CCP's May 12, 2017 Annual Meeting keynote speaker.
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SHEFFIELD, MA -- The Berkshires are rich with art, dance, theater, and music, dotted with picturesque towns and rolling hills that bloom red and gold in the fall. Tourists and second-home owners have been flocking here in increasing numbers, but for many of the people who live and work here year-round, getting by is a greater struggle than it used to be. The number of people in poverty in Berkshire County rose by nearly a third between 2000 and 2015, even as the overall year-round population dipped and the number of seasonal home owners increased almost 19 percent, according to data compiled for a recent study by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.