Problems facing downtown North Adams are layered, those in the business community say, from the challenge of increasing foot traffic to the high cost of renovating old buildings. At the same time, new business have opened and there is potential movement on some empty properties, leaving some feeling optimistic.

The brick building at 1 Canal St. in North Adams recently was converted into studio spaces for about 10 artists, including painters and musicians.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation outlines three potential routes than an approximately 2-mile stretch of path could could take in North Adams, from Protection Avenue to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

It was a familiar problem for 2021: technical issues throwing off a Zoom meeting.

Two years after opening at the Holiday Inn, the North Adams Museum of History and Science is looking for a new space as the hotel changes hands.

Veselko Buntic, the developer who submitted a proposal to redevelop the Mohawk Theater, recently submitted plans to North Adams for apartments on Eagle Street.

Anyone interested in the proposed sale of the Mohawk Theater has the opportunity to learn more and weigh in at a special meeting on Dec. 1.

NORTH ADAMS — The future of the Mohawk Theater is not yet clear, after the City Council on Tuesday night opted not to take a revote on a 2019 …

Mayor Tom Bernard plans to negotiate a sale with the only developer who submitted a proposal to the city's most recent call for redevelopment plans.

One developer submitted a proposal to redevelop the Mohawk Theater into a multipurpose space: Veselko Buntic, co-owner of an Eagle Street property that has been pitched as a hotel.