Pittsfield Tire

Pittsfield has had a relatively stagnant population in the past 10 years while Pike County as a whole has declined in population over 25 years. In the light of these two facts the second scenario of 'moderate growth' seems optimistic. Yet even after losing over 1,500 jobs in the twenty years since 1969, Pike County made a remarkable recovery by gai... ning 1,665 jobs in the ten years since 1988. Pittsfield, the seat of Pike County, accounts for almost a fourth of the County's economy in terms of employment. Hence in the absence of detailed employment data for Pittsfield there is an argument for predicting growth in Pittsfield if Pike County continues to sustain the employment growth that it has exhibited in the past 12 years. In addition, it is also important to keep in perspective that Pittsfield is actively planning for tomorrow - economic development is a core aspect of the plan. With a comprehensive plan, Pittsfield can market itself as a town that has a vision for the future of its community thus attracting businesses and industries. If Pittsfield is successful in attracting businesses and industries - its gain in employment opportunities will encourage people to come into Pittsfield while reducing out-migration of its residents. Here again figure 2.7 shows that the year 2015 population based on scenario 2 has an increase in the population of the 50 to 64 aged cohorts due to the aging of the people in the 30 to 44 cohorts in the year 1990. However, the effect of migration is stronger in this scenario and hence we have more significant increases in other age cohorts.Read More