Sufficient funding is necessary to meeting this vision, and wherever possible outside grants should be pursued to supplement the town’s budget. Critical to the implementation of this vision is both commitment and sufficient funding to enact the recommendations of the plan. Garnet Mountain Monument commemorates 15 soldiers who were killed in a plane crash on Garnet Mountain during World War II.The overall goal of the town, it’s “vision of the future,” is balanced, moderate growth to strengthen the downtown and increase the economic base, while maintaining the rural character of the town.

The only lake in Peru is the privately-owned Garnet Lake. With the highest town center in Massachusetts, more than half of Peru is woodlands, including the Dorothy Frances Rice Wildlife Sanctuary. The Berkshires town of Peru is a bedroom community for the mills in Dalton, Pittsfield of Berkshire county, and the Hampden county cities Springfield and West Springfield. John Leland, 'because it is like the Peru of South America, a mountain town, and if no gold or silver mines are under her rocks, she favors hard money and begins with a P.' (From Wikipedia ) Originally named for Oliver Partridge, one of the three purchasers of the town (along with Governor Francis Bernard), the name was officially changed to Peru in 1806, on the suggestion of the Rev. Originally known as Northern Berkshire Township Number 2 and including all of Hinsdale and part of Middlefield, the town was first settled in 1767 and was officially incorporated as Partridgefield in 1771.

Pittsfield township planning commission