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YOUR WEEKEND….outside the city limits
I’m doing something entirely different this week for YOUR WEEKEND. Over the past year, there can be no doubt as to my New Bedford bona fides – and my well-known…
Read MoreNew Bedford on “Chronicle”
This Thursday, September 7, the Channel 5 WCVB Boston station’s “Chronicle” program will air a segment about our funky city that may finally start to change the negative stereotype of…
Read More#tags and the City of New Bedford II
Awhile back, I wrote the first edition of this column, #tags and the City of New Bedford, which encouraged readers to follow some unique local Instagram accounts. An amazing, event-filled…
Read MoreThe Hollihock Writers Conference returns to New Bedford this weekend
For the past few years, late August has meant more than back to the classroom for just students. Since the Hollihock Writers Conference launched in downtown New Bedford in 2015,…
Read More3rd EyE Open: A Shining Moment for the City
It’s sometimes impossible not to separate a moment in the life of any city from the larger national context in which it takes place. Viewed in this respect, Saturday, August…
Read MoreAnd. Here. We. Go…
If you’ve been anywhere near downtown New Bedford during the past few weeks, you know that the apocalypse is upon Union Street. Not really – I’m being facetious and echoing…
Read More#newbedfordseafood – off to a good start
Alaskan Salmon, Maine Lobster, and…New Bedford Seafood. Removing the ellipse is the job of a new branding campaign launched recently with some impressive tools at its disposal to get the…
Read MoreSUMMER of S.T.E.A.M.
Ben Gilbarg is one of Groundwork!’s most prolific members – with an alphabet soup’s worth of acronyms filling out his resume, many of them dedicated to community-empowering pursuits. Ben was…
Read MoreMapping New Bedford
One of the great perks of being a member of Groundwork! is meeting new and interesting people all the time as they walk through the doors of 1213 Purchase Street.…
Read MoreFOLLOW UP: Branding Purchase Street takes Wing(s)
Over the course of the past year, several meetings were held to discuss ideas regarding the branding of Purchase Street and surrounding environs downtown, such as Wings Court. Those emerging…
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