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From YouTube: Chelsea Prospers 2019 Recap
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City of Chelsea
Video Production by Chelsea Cable TV
A
Hello,
my
name
is
Mimi
grainy
and
I'm,
the
downtown
coordinator
for
the
city
of
Chelsea
and
I'm.
Here,
to
give
you
a
recap
on
all
the
activities
we
did
in
2019
and
a
preview
of
some
of
the
things
we're
working
on
for
2020.
As
you
probably
know,
Chelsea
prospers
is
the
city
of
Chelsea's
downtown
initiative
to
improve
neighborhood
vitality
and
we're
working
in
three
different
areas.
A
One
is
events,
so
all
kinds
of
different
happenings
in
the
neighborhood
two
is
physical
space
improvements
in
the
public
realm
like
you
can
call
it
that
and
then
small
business
assistance
so
for
the
presentation
here,
I'm
going
to
kind
of
first
go
through
some
of
the
things
that
have
happened
this
year
and
kind
of
telling,
which
ones
might
be
repeated
again
this
year
and
then
tell
you
what's
in
store
for
2020.
So
the
highlight
of
our
events,
this
past
summer
was
for
the
Chelsea
night
market
which
took
place
in
Luther
place
now.
A
Loot
the
place
is
that
parking
lot
behind
the
old
Salvation
Army
and
the
Chelsea
walk
it's
between
fourth
and
fifth
Street
on
Cherry
Street,
parallel
to
Broadway
and
over
the
summer
we
did
five
different
night
markets
on
Saturday
nights
from
June
to
October
and
the
event
featured
food,
vendors,
craft
vendors,
different
performances
and
interactive
arts
events.
We
did
this
project
in
collaboration
with
jukebox
events,
and
it
was
quite
the
hit.
A
We
had
a
number
of
different
food
businesses
based
in
Chelsea,
but
also
from
the
grater
so
Chelsea
area
and
got
a
variety
of
different
people
there.
The
event
was
from
7:00
to
10:00.
We
found
that
folks
really
liked
the
earlier
hour,
so
we're
planning
on
repeating
the
event
for
2020,
but
to
end
a
little
earlier.
So
we
would
have
different
fans
on
the
mainstage
and
different
food
vendors.
We
tried
to
focus
on
sort
of
street
food
things
that
you
could
eat
with
your
hands.
A
The
number
of
different
Chelsea
businesses
participated,
so
we've
got
a
great
shot
of
Rick
Gordon
from
Allen's
cut-rate.
Was
there
a
lot
of
the
vendors
that
did
the
best
were
that
had
kind
of
vintage
products?
Sort
of
resale
of
like
hip
clothing.
Folks,
really
like
the
vinyl
records.
We
had
some
folks
with
handmade
soy
candles,
handmade
soap
and
made
jewelry
folks
really
enjoyed
that,
but
probably
the
biggest
highlight
was
the
performances.
So
we
had
a
bunch
of
circus
performers.
We
had
ones
that
encouraged
people
to
take
part.
A
So,
for
example,
the
Boston
circus
guild
brought
fire
twirlers
and
circus
folks
on
stilts
that
we
even
had
ones
with
bike
trick
BMX
bike
racers
and
we
tried
to
make
it
as
interactive
as
possible.
So
we
even
had
kids
bring
their
own
skateboards
and
bikes
and
did
their
own
tricks
on
the
on
the
ramps
that
we
set
up.
We
had
the
Chinese
dragon
dancers,
took
part
and
invited
the
kids
to
come
and
dance
with
the
dragon
themselves,
so
we're
planning
on
repeating
the
event
and
this
year
and
because
again,
performances
were
such
a
big
hit.
A
We're
planning
on
really
beefing
those
up
even
more,
if
you're
interested
in
taking
part
in
this
or
any
of
the
other
events.
Please
get
in
touch
with
me
at
the
city
of
Chelsea.
Another
event
that
we
did
this
was
earlier
in
the
spring
was
we
did
a
pupusas
fiesta
celebrating
that
delicious
Salvadoran
version
of
grilled
cheese.
We
held
it
at
Emiliana
fiesta
in
the
spring,
and
it
was
such
a
big
hit.
We
literally
were
beyond
capacity
of
the
building
and
the
line
stretched
all
the
way
down.
A
4Th
Street
we're
going
to
be
doing
that
again
this
year,
but
with
a
different
twist
we'll
be
celebrating
the
ballet
odda
in
on
March
21st.
So
at
this
event
we
had
free
pupusas.
We
had
wonderful
dancers
and
singers.
We
had
little
booths
where
you
could
go
and
make
your
own
card
eat
oh
and
understand
a
little
bit
of
hut.
Horchata
is
made
from
scratch
and
got
to
sample
of
all
of
those.
We
also
had
a
giant
pupusas
prize
wheel,
so
it
was
a
giant
poopoo
so
that
you
could
spin
and
get
different
prizes.
A
A
There
was
over
500
people
that
showed
up
both
3/4,
the
folks
were
from
Chelsea,
but
then
we
also
got
people
who
had
never
been
to
Chelsea
before
who
were
just
kind
of
curious
about
trying
a
pupusas
for
the
first
time,
so
we're
hoping
that
the
bali
de
fiesta
similarly
will
attract
that
same
kind
of
attention.
A
Another
event
that
we
had
done
this
is
now
it
was
a
second
year
is
fiesta
Verano,
which
was
in
june
that
we
held
in
chelsea
square
this
year.
It
was
in
collaboration
with
the
Chelsea
collaborative
and
we
basically
took
over
all
of
Chelsea
Square
and
celebrated
the
rodeo,
so
there
were
a
bunch
of
different
booths
that
were
there
from
different
community
groups,
a
main
stage
again
with
lots
of
different
performers
celebrating
the
music
and
dance
of
Latin
America.
A
In
keeping
with
a
rodeo
theme,
we
had
a
bike
rodeo,
which
we
had
Mass
Pike
there
to
do
bike
repairs.
We
give
away
free
bike.
Helmets
gave
away
some
free
bicycles
and
had
an
obstacle
course
for
kids
to
play
around
on,
and
then
the
highlight
was
a
actual
mechanical
bull,
kids
really
loved
it.
They
had.
A
We
had
a
long
line
all
day,
but
I
think
it
was
the
Chelsea
police
who
had
the
greatest
time,
and
it
was
quite
a
challenge
to
get
them
off
towards
the
end
of
the
day
that
they
really
loved,
showing
off
their
math
skills
on
it.
It
was
really
great
that
the
Chelsea
police
and
the
fire
department
brought
some
of
their
apparatus,
so
the
kids
got
a
chance
to
check
out
their
equipment
as
well.
A
Another
project
that
I
worked
on
this
past
summer
was
in
Chelsea
square
folks,
might
remember
the
the
park.
That's
immediately
in
front
of
the
Apollinaire,
the
smaller
of
the
two
grassy
areas
in
the
downtown
that
used
to
be
ringed
with
some
small
shrubs.
There
was
a
single
tree
that
had
a
fence
around
it
and
I
often
called
it
like
the
poor
tree
in
jail.
The
grass
wasn't
very
well-maintained
so
early
in
the
spring,
we
did
restoration
of
the
lawn.
We
took
out
the
old
shrubs
replaced.
A
So
I
did
a
couple
events
there.
Last
summer,
probably
the
biggest
and
most
popular
one
was
working
with
the
Chelsea
public
library
for
their
Chelsea
reads
outdoors
program
and
we
got
in
dozens
and
dozens.
It
was
packed
with
little
kids
who
came
out
and
we
had
ice
cream
and
reading
of
stories,
and
we
worked
with
the
mass
Audubon
who
brought
several
different
animals
for
the
kids
to
encounter.
So
we
had
a
skunk
and
Canadian
goose
and
the
kids
got
to
see
these
animals
up
close
and
the
read
stories
about
different
animals
for
this
coming
year.
A
We're
looking
at
doing
some
planning
for
additional
improvements
to
Chelsea
square
and
to
do
some
other
small-scale
pop-up
events
like
that.
My
intention
is
to
bring
surprise
and
delight
so
in
the
fall
one
of
the
little
surprise.
Things
is
I
put
in
a
whole
field
of
pinwheels
for
people
to
just
kind
of
think
about
the
square
in
a
different
way.
A
The
other
big
project
that
we
worked
on
was
Division
Street.
So
a
lot
of
people
don't
even
know
we're.
Division
Street
is,
if
you
think,
a
Broadway
there's
two
alleyways
on
either
side
of
Broadway,
Cherry
Street
on
one
side
and
Division
Street
on
the
other,
and
it
goes
from
Bellingham
Square
all
the
way
to
the
waterfront
and
it
up
to
now
has
been
a
pretty
sad
little
alleyway.
It
is
accessible
by
bikes
and
cars
and
pedestrians,
but
it
had
a
lot
of
potholes
on.
It
was
a
lot
of
trash.
A
This
was
a
very
kind
of
unpleasant
place
to
be.
The
sidewalks
are
very
narrow
there,
so
the
pedestrians
usually
walk
on
the
street
at
the
same
time
as
cars
and
because
not
a
lot
of
traffic
goes
through
it
kind
of
works
as
a
shared
street.
So
a
as
part
of
the
work
that
the
Planning
Department
did
this
last
year,
it
was
restoring
that
whole
street
new
sidewalks
new
curbs
new,
paving
overall
and
then
one
of
the
worries
was
once
the
paving
is
nice
and
smooth
no
potholes
to
slow
the
traffic
down?
A
How
can
we
make
it
still
safe
for
pedestrians
and
also
just
how
can
we
once
we
have
the
surfaces?
Looking
good
really
encourage
people
to
use
it
better
and
limit
the
trash?
That's
there
so
I
created
a
neighbor
way,
working
with
neighbor
ways,
design
and
a
neighbor
way
is
for
streets
exactly
like
Division
Street,
with
low
traffic
volumes,
low
speeds,
a
place
where
bikes
and
cars
and
people
who
are
walking
or
all
sharing
the
space
at
the
same
time,
and
the
idea
is
to
slow
down
the
traffic
with
public
art.
A
We
tackle
we're
tacking
late
block
by
block
and
we
first
started
with
the
block
from
Hawthorne
Street
to
4th
Street,
and
the
idea
is
to
do
additional
blocks
as
we
go
along
the
way
to
eventually
bring
the
art
all
the
way
to
the
waterfront
and
have
people
realize
on
how
close
it
is
actually
to
get
to
the
waterfront
from
Bellingham
Square.
So
we
did
a
combination
of
different
things.
A
Each
of
them
took
a
individual
spot
and
made
their
own
mural,
and
then
we
had
worked
with
the
community
and
together
we
made
a
couple
big
murals
on
our
own
or
together.
I
should
say
so,
for
example,
did
a
mural
for
the
back
of
two
casa,
restaurants
and
just
bringing
some
wonderful
light
and
color
and
attention
to
the
back
of
that
building
and
then
the
community
overall,
in
a
big
community
painting
day,
as
well
as
the
seniors
from
the
Senior
Center,
made
art
panels.
A
So
we
had
big
pieces
of
plywood
prime
them
up
and
then
folks
created
these
very
colorful
images
that
then
got
put
up
along
the
windows
of
one
of
the
properties
that
had
been
closed
up.
That's
going
to
be
redeveloped,
not
it
not
quite
in
the
near
future,
but
we'll
eventually,
so
we
didn't
want
to
put
a
great
piece
of
art
that
would
have
to
come
down
by
doing
the
art
panels
when
that
building
it
has
any
changes.
We
can
take
the
panels
off
and
bring
them
someplace
new.
A
So
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
check
out
that
block
of
Division
Street
I
encourage
you
to
it's
been
completely
transformed
and
with
lots
of
wonderful
color
and
we're
looking
forward
to
extending
that
again,
this
future.
In
future
summers
we're
next
going
to
be
tackling
the
block
between
4th
and
3rd.
A
Another
project
we
were
working
on
through
last
year
is
Gallery
456.
It's
a
fancy
way
of
calling
the
windows
of
the
old
Salvation
Army
store
and
Broadway
folks,
probably
know
that
that
buildings
been
empty
for
the
last
couple
years,
the
city's
putting
out
that
building
for
redevelopment
it's
right
now
before
the
zoning
and
the
Planning
Board.
The
idea
is
that
that
building
will
be
leveled
and
that
about
four
levels
of
housing
will
be
developed
up.
Above
with
an
active
retail.
A
You
saw
the
ground
level
until
that
happens
instead
of
just
having
a
blank
window
and
not
having
much
love
and
seeing
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
highlight
some
of
the
artists
and
happenings
in
Chelsea,
I've
been
doing
a
storefront
gallery
so
about
every
six
weeks
or
so
different
community
members
are
showing
works
there.
So
over
the
summer
we
did
an
arch
showing
off
the
talents
of
seniors
from
the
Chelsea
Senior
Center.
A
We
worked
with
Empty
Bowls
and
they
highlighted
the
bowls
created
by
community
members
and
with
information
about
hunger
in
Chelsea,
Arne
John
Mack
showed
off
his
wonderful
photos
of
Chelsea
back
in
the
70s
and
80s.
The
next
show
is
going
to
be
highlighting
murals
that
the
muralists
who
did
work
on
Division
Street
we're
going
to
be
showing
off
some
of
those
artists,
other
types
of
work
and
then
encouraging
some
other
artists
to
come
out
of
the
woodwork
and
to
take
part
and
join
us
for
next
year.
A
A
Chelsea
day
was
bringing
back
an
old
tradition
from
Chelsea
that
basically,
as
a
way
of
showing
off
Chelsea's
pride,
Sheryl
Watson
in
the
law
office
at
City
Hall
took
the
lead
on
that
working
with
a
whole
bunch
of
different
community
partners.
So
for
this
we
actually
shut
down
Broadway
between
4th
and
5th
Street
and
brought
up
different
community
booths
different
interactive
games.
Again,
we
can't
do
anything
without
music
and
had
a
great
music
stage
there.
It
was
held
in
October
this
past
year,
we're
planning
on
repeating
it
again.
A
And
as
people
had
those
conversations
they
made
individual
kites
using
tissue
paper
and
stickers
and
it
sort
of
became
like
this
group
activity
to
kind
of
facilitate
that
conversation
and
then
on
All
Souls,
Day,
November,
2nd.
We
gathered
at
Gallery
456
and
put
all
those
beautiful
individual
kites
on
display.
A
Folks
in
the
community
came
by
stopped
by
whoever
was
going
by
Broadway
was
invited
to
join
us
and
we
made
tissue
paper
flowers.
We
decorated
bread,
babies
which
are
little
bread.
Rolls
meant
to
look
like
a
swaddled
infant.
We
drank
horchata
had
a
chance
to
have
conversations
and
folks
decorated
strips
of
fabric
that
were
like
kite
tales
with
their
own
individual
messages
that
they
wanted
to
send
to
the
heavens,
and
it
was
a
way
of
facilitating
some
community
conversations
about
blossom
change.
A
It's
become
a
giant
Chelsea
tradition,
now
the
holiday
tree
lighting.
We
had
our
third
time
reviving
this
tradition
over
the
years
it
had
gotten
smaller
and
smaller
and
three
years
ago
we
kicked
it
up
a
notch
and
it's
continuing
to
grow.
Hundreds
and
hundreds
of
folks
came
out
to
greet
Santa
who
came
in
and
a
fire
apparatus
to
Chelsea
Square.
Our
tree
might
still
be
small,
but
the
community's
enthusiasm
is
great,
so
we
had
some
kids
dressed
in
costumes.
Like
the
Grinch
agree.
Folks,
in
the
community
we
had
free
snacks,
lots
of
great
music.
A
A
So
moving
on
from
events,
some
of
the
other
things
that
we've
been
working
on
on
the
side
is
around
how
to
improve
public
space
in
the
downtown.
Overall,
one
of
those
projects
has
been
bringing
street
pole,
banners
and
decorative
ones
through
the
downtown
that
will
highlight
happenings
in
Chelsea
and
help
build
community
pride.
So
one
was
through
the
lead
of
DPW
where
they
worked
with
Darlene
De
Vita
and
who
took
portraits
of
folks
from
Chelsea,
and
we
featured
those
portraits
on
banners
along
Broadway.
A
The
idea
is
to
work
together
with
green
routes
and
for
the
crosswalks
of
Division
Street,
again
from
Chelsea
from
Bellingham
Square
to
the
waterfront,
doing
a
series
of
creative
crosswalks
that
will
kind
of
connect
that
public
art
along
that
stretch
and
have
a
test
to
be
able
to
see
like
how
to
creative
crosswalks
work,
but
did
the
cars
really
stuff
properly?
How
well
is
the
paint
hold
up
that
kind
of
thing,
so
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
do
that.
A
The
previous
rules
have
been
very
restrictive
and
didn't
allow
that
for
the
type
of
signs
that
businesses
wanted
wanted
to
do,
and
we
really
wanted
to
create
a
whole
kind
of
suite
of
different
signs
that
the
businesses
could
do.
For
example,
once
along
the
band
over
the
businesses
windows,
ones,
that
would
be
blade
signs
ones
that
would
stick
out
vertically
so
that
as
you're
walking
down,
Broadway
you'd
be
able
to
see
it
sticking
out
from
the
side
window,
decals
lighting,
basically
following
designed
best
practices,
so
those
ordinances
were
passed.
A
Last
July
and
the
city
of
Chelsea
put
out
a
request
for
proposals
and
a
contract
was
awarded
to
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
foundation,
which
is
sort
of
an
offshoot
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
specifically
to
do
small
business
assistance,
so
that
group
has
been
working
one-on-one
with
businesses
and
has
awarded
a
number
of
grants.
The
first
of
which
went
to
rodeo
restaurant
for
their
new
signs
and
we
can't
anticipate
over
the
coming
months,
some
new
signs
for
other
businesses
along
the
downtown
and
speaking
of
that
business
foundation.
A
There's
a
group
of
downtown
stakeholders
and
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
foundation,
the
city
of
some
of
the
property
owners
and
we're
working
with
mass
development
for
their
program,
called
the
transformative
development
initiative
and
is
through
that
project.
Last
summer
the
TDI
group
did
some
fundraising
to
do
improvements
for
Luther
place
and
the
funding
is
went
out
to
the
public
and
we
raised
over
$15,000
and
that
was
then
matched
by
the
state.
A
So
there's
over
thirty
thousand
dollars
to
do
improvements
to
Luther
place,
the
chamber
of
commerce
kind
of
the
subgroup
that
was
working
on
that
was
looking
initially
at
doing
some
giant
sales
to
be
able
to
deal
with
how
hot
it
is
back.
There
they're
also
looking
at
some
ideas
around
murals,
maybe
doing
a
painting
on
the
pavement
itself,
so
you
can
anticipate
some
of
those
improvements
being
a
place
by
this
coming
summer.
A
A
project
and
I'm
working
on
now
that
the
new
ordinances
passed
around
signage
included
in
that
package
were
ways
that
the
businesses
can
use
the
public
realm.
Basically,
the
sidewalk
for
the
alleyways
near
their
business
to
be
able
to
beautify
it
and
just
do
some
outreach,
so
part
of
that
is
being
able
to
do
a-frame
signs.
A
Those
little
sandwich
boards
that
oftentimes
you'll
see
so
I'm
going
to
be
rolling
out
a
program
so
that
businesses
can
get
free,
a-frame
signs
and
work
with
a
graphic
designer
to
make
them
customized
and
really
beautiful,
working
with
so
chalkboard
paint
and
then
that
new
work
in
the
public
realm
or
the
ways
businesses
can
engage
into
the
public
realm
also
includes
sidewalk
dining.
So
it's
a
big
part
of
Chelsea.
A
So
that's
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
been
up
to
this
past
year,
thanks
so
much
for
watching
the
show.
If
we'd
love
to
get
you
more
involved,
both
at
in
terms
of
finding
out
keeping
informed
about
what's
happening
with
the
Chelsea
prospers
and
all
our
downtown
projects,
and
also
to
just
get
you
involved.
We're
going
to
be
needing
a
lot
of
folks
to
participate
in
these
events,
either
as
vendors
or
as
artists
or
as
volunteers
or
promoters,
and
basically
as
a
role
for
anybody
to
be
involved.
A
So
please
reach
out
to
me
at
City
Hall.
My
phone
number
is
six
one,
seven,
four,
six,
six,
four
one,
eight
six
or
you
can
send
me
an
email
through
the
city's
website,
or
you
can
also
just
sign
up
for
my
email
newsletter.
I,
send
it
out
about
once
a
month.
So
if
you
just
go
to
the
website,
tinyurl.com
backslash
Chelsea
prospers
newsletter.
You
can
sign
up
right
there
and
stay
in
touch
every
month.