2006 planning Awards 350 Anniversary Comm
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orthampton Planning
Special Recognition
Community Service:
Northampton 350th Anniversary Committee
The City is impressed and delighted by the dedication of time and energy of the 350th Anniversary Committee. The Committee presided over all aspects of the 350th Anniversary. Not only
did the Committee produce events that would involve and engage every one of Northampton’s nearly 30,000 residents, but they also gave the publishing rights of six new books to the Historic
Commission so that they can continue to be available to everyone.
The committee expended much time and effort to providing a variety of cultural and social events that appealed to virtually every citizen in Northampton. These activities ranged from
organizing conservation hikes and bicycle tours of the city’s great trees to developing performance arts pieces for the Anniversary year. The committee also sponsored a series of park
lunchtime readings of journal and diary entries spanning the full 350 years of our city’s history. Most recently, the Committee helped fund the Turkey Hill Conservation project and
worked an incredible number of man-hours toward the goal. This small list of accomplishments does not even come close to illustrating how much of an inspiration the committee’s work
has been to the City.
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Wayne Feiden, A.I.C.P., Planning Director