FEATURES AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR.
♪ >> THIS IS FALL A ITS FINEST, SUNNY SKIES, WARM TEMPS, A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
THE WEST STOCKBRIDGE FARMERS MARKET SERVES UP MORE THAN FRESH PRODUCE AND LOCAL WARES.
HERE, TE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR A GOOD TIME.
>> WEST STOCKBRIDGE WAS ORIGINALLY A QUARRY TOWN.
THAT TRAIN STATION WAS THE FIRST TRAIN STATION IN WESTERN MASS BECAUSE OF A QUARRY AND THE MARLBBLE, MUCH OF IT WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., F THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
WE HAD MORE PEOPLE IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE THEN.
>> POPULATION 1065.
JOE REPRESENTS THE WEST STOCKBRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.
>> THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO FOR PROMOTE WEST STOCKBRIDGE.
WE HAVE ONE BY-LAW.
>> GETTING HERE IS EASY, THE MASS PIKE ENDS OR BEGINS IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE.
EXIT ONE IS A STONE’S THROW FROM THE COLORFUL FRONTIER LIKE MAIN STREET.
PARK ONCE FOR PLENTY TO SEE, DO AND CONSUME.
THE OLD TRAIN STATION IS A BUZZ WITH ACTIVITY.
>> RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE WE HAVE THE FRONT PORCH IS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD WAIT FOR THE TRAIN.
SHAYNA: TODAY, NUMBER SIX DEPOT IS A PLACE TO LINGER OVER COFFEE.
A PASSION THAT GOES BACK TO HIS YOU IN ONE IS AREAS -- BUENOS AIRES.
I BECAME INTERESTED IN THE SIMPLICITY OF RESTING COFFEE.
AT THE TIME, A SEEMED SIMPLE.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT A SMALL BE CAN BE SO AFFECTED BY A FEW SECONDS AND A FEW DEGREES.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN UP FROM THE UNDERGROUND.
SUPER DEEP AND VERY CHOCOLATEY.
WE WORK WITH THE FINEST BEANS FROM AROUND THE EQUATOR.
RIGHT NOW I AM WORKING WITH SINGLE ORIINS, WHICH MEANS DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
AND EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN ROAST.
SHAYNA: FLAVIIO AND H WIFE SHARE A VISION.
>> HAVING A ROASTER AND WHOLESALING IT, THERE’S A WHOLE COMPONENT OF COUGHING THAT IS MISSING AND IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THE HISTORY OF COFFEE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GATHERING PLACE.
SHAYNA: THEY SERVE SIMPLE FOOD MADE LOCALLY AND HAVE TURNED THE HEART OF THE STATION INTO A GALLER VENUE.
>> WE BOOK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.
WE CHANGE THE ART EVERY SIX WEEKS, WE HAVE DANCE PARTIES AND FILM.
SHAYNA: LISA LOVES THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
>> IT IS STILL A REAL TOWN WHERE IT IS NOT JUST BOUTIQUE.
YOU CAN STILL OF A HARDWARE STORE, BANK, POST OFFICE.
I’M A BIG FAN OF THE BOOKSTORE.
WE HAVE A MAIN STREET.
AN A POPULATION THAT REALLY CARES.
SHAYNA:LAVIO SAYS THE TRAIN STATION IS A PERFECT FIT.
>> TRULY A DEPOT.
A DEPOT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GO.
WE ARE BRINGING THINGS FROM FAR AND WIDE TO OUR CUSTOMERS SO THEY CAN TRAVEL.
VISITING US.
WE ARE SPREADING THE BEANS.
♪ SHAYNA: IT STARTED AS A LARK IN 1976.
TODAY, J HOTCHKISS IS.
>> I’M A MOBILE MAKER.
SHAYNA: HE DID I CALIFORNIA AND IN 1993 HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND SETTLING IN WEST STOCKBRIDGE.
>> THE GALLERY IN THE FRONT.
LARGE, HUGE STUDIO IN THE BACK WHICH IS OPEN DAILY.
L WHICH IS WHY PEOPL LOVE COMING HERE, THEY GET TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE.
MY WIFE DOES BUYING FOR THE GALLERY, AND JEWELRY AND CLOTHING AND GLASS AND CERAMICS.
THAT ARE BELOW THE CEILING.
THE MUSEUM’S LOVE THEM.
THE GUGGENHEIM AND THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
IT COMES OUT-OF-THE-BOX READY TO GO.
THE ONE THING PEOPLE HATE IS ASSEMBLY.
IT’S A LOST IN TIME PLACE.
YOU CAN LAY DOWN ALL YOUR STUFF AT THE OUTSKIRTS