Coming Up: Chair City Summer Kickoff Thursday June 29, 2023 —- Food Truck Festival Saturday July 8, 2023 —- Summer Centennial Celebration Saturday July 22, 2023.
Our Reflections on a Sizzling Summer Saturday in Gardner MA
The weather was far from perfect on Saturday, June 24, 2023, but the people couldn’t have been closer to perfection.
Downtown Businesses showed their Yankee strength and strove on with enclosures for the rain. Downtown restaurants served delicious meals to eager customers.
The Gardner CAC collected jars of peanut butter for their Food Drive.
The Kendall Pond Betterment Association put on a Fireworks show to celebrate Gardner’s 238th birthday and Centennial as a City.
Gardner Mayor Nicholson was in Downtown playing with a huge snake. Gardner Magazine wonders what is harder? Handling a real snake or navigating the outside agencies he must in order to bring funding in to the City.
Of course, a big highlight of Saturday was the absolutely sizzling artwork presented by hundreds of students from Gardner Elementary School. It graced the Downtown. Theresa Thompson of the Centennial Committee took a photo of the contest winners who each took home a gift basket.
It may not have been a perfect weather day, but when Gardner gets together as a community, it’s about as close to perfect as it can get. And that is always worth celebrating….