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 Volunteers arrange plantings at plaza planting on May 17.
More photos (PDF): File No. 1 || File No. 2 || 'Inch by inch' (opinion)
A big thank you from the Friends of Broadway Plaza to:
- The great group of volunteers who showed up with tools and smiles;
- Town employees and officials who cleared the planters and other hurdles, and turned on the water;
- Arlington Center businesses, the Arlington Garden Club, and
- Arlington
residents who raised and donated money for the plants and for
maintenance, and who planned and coordinated the planting day;
- The Chamber for jump-starting the effort in the first place;
- The many people who stopped by to say how much they loved the changes!
We hope everyone enjoys the new plantings
Kathy Keady, owner of La
Ladybug Boutique, was
instrumental in getting the volunteers there. She and Melissa MacDonald
coordinated the day.
Other key planners were Randy Buck, Watertown Savings; Selectman Clarissa Rowe, Ruth Yannett of the town DPW,
Nanci Richardson of the Arlington Garden Club, Michele Meagher of the Chamber of Commerce and other town employees.
Richardson wrote:
We had about 40 people there yesterday.- young kids to senior
citizens. Great fun and great people.
The Garden Cub is thrilled
that this has happened.
We tried to adopt a BP planter last year, but
our fiunding fell through. So we quickly applied for a grant through the
Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, the state garden organization, and
received a $500 grant back in October 2007.
When Chamber folks
started talking about BP this past February/March, we just all got
together and started planning the entire Plaza area. A great community
handshake!
Those who have contributed to this effort, or who plan to do so, are:
Arlington Optique
J. Chakrabarty, a resident
Arlington Chamber of
Commerce
Chilly Cow
Dahn Yoga
Divinity Splendour-Glow Gifts
European Hair
Gail Ann Coffee
Janiaks
Krazy karry
LaLadybug
Leader Bank
Maidpro
Martial arts for Health
Mission Trophy
Pink dolly
Regent
Ripples
Ron Riesz Dispensing Optician
Starbucks
Tambone Associates
The Book Rack
Watertown Savings Bank
Bill Radocchia, a UPS driver
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