Jobs
Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about jobs, listed from newest to oldest. Questions about local economies surface in The Hill Country Observer as we follow movements in co-ops, small businesses, nonprofits and sustainable ways to make a living in our rural communities and support kinds of work that fulfill workers and local needs.
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A big gap to fill – Food systems face a test as major SNAP cuts begin
Local food systems are facing rising pressure since the federal administration and Republican legislators have withdrawn or held up Millions in federal funding, in the Republican budget bill in July and changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the fall and in the future. read more
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
When a college taught homesteading skills
50 years ago, from 1975 to 1980, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts ran the Center for Resourceful Living at a 52-acre farm in Clarksburg — By Kate Abbott read more
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
Creative collective — Vision carries friends through film
Ravacon Collective creates short films from their HQ at the Shirt Factory in Glens Falls. — By Stacey Morris read more
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
Once tenants, now owners
This fall, a group of residents of Lake Onota Village, a mobile home park off Valentine Road on the west side of Pittsfield, joined together to buy the park for $5.5 million. — By John Townes read more
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Issue: October 2025
Health center fills a rural gap
Salem Family Health works to make services more accessible to people in southern Washington County. — By Maury Thompson read more
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Issue: August-September 2025
Assets 4 Artists goes independent
The creative organization, which began as a program of Mass MoCA, will become an independent, regional nonprofit — By Kate Abbott read more
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Issue: August-September 2025
Health care challenges ahead
Clinics, hospitals, nursing homes weigh effects of big Medicaid cuts Hudson Headwaters Health Network opened its newest family health center in May in Salem, N.Y. Now the center is among the many health care facilities across the region that are likely to lose revenue as the federal goverment cuts about $1 trillion in Medicaid read more
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Issue: June-July 2025
Talking tariffs
Local businesses try to find safe passage through fast-changing trade wars John Carr, owner of Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George, is closely watching the effects of new U.S. tariffs, as he relies on imported malt and barley to produce his lagers and ales. Joan K. Lentini photo By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer read more
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Issue: April-May 2025
Losing a place that challenged minds
As Simon’s Rock leaves the Berkshires, town debates future of campus Students cross a bridge as they head toward the library and classroom buildings on the wooded campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. Scott Langley photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. On a cold, clear day read more
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Issue: February-March 2025
Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?
In the Berkshires, a new land trust aims to protect affordability Lillian Zavatsky, left, and Elizabeth Smith are among those involved in organizing a new Northern Berkshire Community Land Trust. Zavatsky, the group’s president, says it aims to help keep housing affordable. Joan K. Lentini photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Victorian read more
