Walnut Street Park May Be Named for East End Veterans
Mayor Bettencourt, former Mayor Bonfanti and city officials break ground on new park as a catalyst for new development in the downtown.
"Look at this dump," former Mayor Michael Bonfanti said in greeting a large crowd that gathered Wednesday afternoon at 45 Walnut St. for a groundbreaking of what both Bonfanti and current Mayor Ted Bettencourt hope is a catalyst for new development in the area near the downtown. The 1.3-acre site, vacant and over-grown with weeds, will be transformed by early November into a park for children and adults. Construction begins on Monday. As the former mayor was quick to point out, the site has been a brownfield for more than two decades, contaminated with heavy metals, petroleum residue and dioxins left behind by an old tannery. Bettencourt called the groundbreaking "an important day for our city." He said he expects this park to be "the …
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