For more information about Downtown Gardner visit DowntownGardner.com. For information about Gardner’s Downtown organization and their events, visit GardnerSquareTwo.com Excitement over 2023 Further Upgrades Improving Downtown Gardner MA Improvements in Downtown Gardner MA have been noticed. And they are continuing. From 2022 to 2023 and going forward, residents are seeingContinue Reading
Wayfinding Survey – Answers from an Artificial Intelligence Revealed in Gardner MA Listen to the Questions and Answers on any device. Click Play. The City of Gardner conducted an online Wayfinding Public Survey which ended April 10, 2023. Gardner Magazine had an Artificial Intelligence take the survey and answer theContinue Reading
Acccomplished.us Launches to Showcase Accomplishments of City of Gardner MA It’s now there for all in the nation to see, the accomplishments of Gardner, Massachusetts in 24 different categories including Aesthetic Improvements, Alert Service, Amenities Betterment, Benefitting Arts, Blight to Promise, Boosting Athletics, Business Growth, City Transparency, Community Events, EasyContinue Reading
View our previous article from February when this property was being marketed for sale. Gardner MA Plan to Turn Blight into Promise Paying Off Again 73 Stuart Street has an appraised value of -0- due to the cost of demolishing it. Candor Realty is buying it for the back taxesContinue Reading
Editorial – Gardner MA – Route 140 Proposed Zoning Change Is Common Sense Choice Approval of Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Route 140 Zoning Change proposal is simple common sense. Since being sworn in, the Mayor has looked at properties throughout the City in an effort for them to have their “bestContinue Reading
Gardner MA Wants Your Opinion on What Signage Works for You The City of Gardner posted, “Whether you rely on wayfinding signage, GPS, or instinct to navigate to and through Gardner, we want to hear from you! “ The City of Gardner has been developing a wayfinding study in DowntownContinue Reading
Historic Garbose Building in Gardner MA Has New Owner with Big Plans We spoke with Jonathan Bombaci about this project and about his other transformative work in Downtown Gardner. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. According to a Press Release, Candor Realty, led by Jonathan Bombaci has purchased the GarboseContinue Reading
Gardner Goes Disney – A video for the Magical Chair City of Gardner MA Listen to the soundtrack on any device. Click Play The City of Gardner has a future history which is unwritten. It is a magical City where almost anything is possible. Where its people reward ideas andContinue Reading
Gardner MA Goes Disney – The Magic of the Chair City Gardner Magazine has undertaken to capture the Magic of the Chair City in the eyes of the Disney Universe. It’s a page with over 100 images sure to delight or surprise you. CLICK HERE. We also have pages justContinue Reading
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Long-term plan to Beautify South Gardner Gardner Mayor Nicholson would like South Gardner to look more like the second photo without wires. The Mayor recently stated that he would like to convert the area from West Broadway Pizza and Seafood to the Gardner Martial ArtsContinue Reading
March to Success – Projects and Progress Interview with Mayor Michael Nicholson With so much happening in the Chair City, sometimes it’s hard to keep track of it all. Fortunately, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson agreed to help us out. This interview with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson is March to SuccessContinue Reading
Events for 2023 are Shaping Up in the Chair City of Gardner MA Visit our Centennial page for complete coverage of 2023 events. CLICK HERE. Having an event not listed? Email News@GardnerMagazine.com and we’ll add it.Continue Reading
New Playground Equipment Approved in Gardner MA In speaking about an approval for the DPW to purchase $200,000 of playground equipment, Gardner Mayor Nicholson stated, there’s “tons of opportunities at our playgrounds.” Among other things, Ovila Case will be getting a pickleball court and the new Bailey Brook Park, theContinue Reading
February 17, 2023 is National Random Act of Kindness Day. Thank you for being kind. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Recognizes Progress in Weekly Update Listen on any device. Click Play. In his weekly update of February 17, 2023, Mayor Nicholson recognized the progress of about a dozen students whoContinue Reading
Junky Buildings Interview with Nick Pelletier Offers Help to Those Seeking to Turn Blight Into Promise in Gardner MA He’s an award-winning Realtor and he represents various properties for the City of Gardner, some with minimum offers of just $1. Listen to the short interview on any device, CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading
UPDATE 2/18/23: Upon further review, on this property it’s a $1 bid plus the $17,000 in back taxes. Mayor Nicholson stated, “It was brought to our attention that there was an error in the listing price for the property for sale at 73 Stuart Street. The property was erroneously listedContinue Reading
City of Gardner MA on Quest to Market Valuable Corner Lot Using a technique employed by eBay sellers who list an item at 99 cents and then end up getting hundreds, the Chair City is marketing a .3 acre lot on the corner of Parker Street and Nichols Street. SomeContinue Reading
Listen on any device. Click Play. Lessons About Gardner History – An Interview with Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson In a revealing interview, we interview Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson to learn more Lessons About Gardner History, how we can learn from the past to have more successes in the presentContinue Reading
Inspections will be of Apartment Houses, Boarding Houses, and Dormitories looking at Fire Escapes, Exterior Porches, Egress Doors and Hardware, Stairways and Handrails, Smoke – Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Fire Alarms, and Emergency Lights and Exit Signs. Owners would do well to check on these things and solve the issuesContinue Reading
100 Years of Music Since Gardner MA has been a City – Even 100 yr. old songs sound good! We review the Top Songs from 1923 to 2022, the first 100 years of Gardner MA as a City. As you listen to some of the songs you’ll notice that asContinue Reading
What will happen 100 years after Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson’s State of the City Address? Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson delivers the State of the City Address on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7pm. Undoubtedly, he will cover the accomplishments of the past couple of years and what’s in the worksContinue Reading
A report on the Status of the Greater Gardner MA Work Force According to the State of MA, the Labor Force in Gardner consists of just under 9800 people with 374 unemployed. The unemployment rate dropped by close to half or more than half in 6 area communities. Gardner wasContinue Reading
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson on the Turn of the Century in the Chair City What you’ll hear about: Learn about new Technologies, Perceptions of Gardner, Employment for women, the new “Roaring Twenties”, use of radio, an item on the Mayor’s bucket list, protection against hard times, drug enforcement andContinue Reading
Gardner MA Focuses on the Mill Street Corridor Good news may be coming sooner than later in efforts to restore Mill Street in Gardner to the status of being worthy of a scenic drive. Recently, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts added the 10 acre Garbose lot to a new marketing platformContinue Reading
Gardner Magazine releases Downtown Gardner MA Christmas Lights Video Enjoy the Christmas Lights of Monument Park and the rest of Downtown Gardner set to the music of a “Downtown Christmas”. Throughout the month of December, there is FREE PARKING in Downtown Gardner MA.Continue Reading
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