Innkeeper Laurie McDonald, pictured inside the Deerfield Inn in Old Deerfield, says the number of rooms available in the area could easily increase. “There is so much demand coming out this way,” she says. “I could have 500 rooms and they would still sell out in May.” STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Jon Schaefer, whose family has owned Berkshire East Mountain Resort in Charlemont since 1976, is concerned about the lack of lodging in the area hurting the growth of the tourism economy.