First-year attendance was nearly 100,000. There were numerous articles in national publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Smithsonian Magazine. The rental space in Building One brought in a host of E-commerce businesses, among them a new major player called eZiba. Other businesses are waiting in line for the next renovated spaces. This has attracted a huge amount of venture capital, ironically coming out of Williamstown, that reflects growing confidence in North Adams.
Tunnel City is now Silicon Village.
Still, I m like most of us on summer weekends. Main Street still looks the same to me. Well, think about it. Suppose you got a job over at MoCA directing visitors to the rest of the city. Main Street is just two blocks away.