Bright Lights On Broadway
Author: mt43news staff reporter
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Broadway Street is a little brighter these days. Shawn Bucy of Henlee Electric finished adding lights to the gazebo at Spruce and Broadway last week. At the direction of Anna Glueckert of Precision Business Resources, Bucy had started the project last year. Glueckert, whose office faces the iconic gathering place, thought the area needed brightening so kids walking by with their parents at night would have a little more feeling of safety and that vandalism uptown would be less. “I really wanted to step up to make the area a community attraction for the Ghost Stroll and the Christmas Stroll,” she said.
The gazebo lights now turn on automatically at night, according to Bucy who installed a photocell. Mint Cafe owner Lana Prevel generously agreed to underwrite the cost of electricity for the community attraction. “The light ropes are LED lights, Bucy remarked, “so the power usage will be low.”
Once a very busy spot on Broadway, this lot and the one east of it housed Green’s Market, according to Broadwater Bygones, Louis Green bought the original building and established a meat market and grocery store, which operated under various owners until it burned down in 1982. The two lots stood empty for many years. Sometime in the late 1980’s Kathy McNulty and Peggy Flynn organized their Toston Blue Ribbon 4-H Club to raise funds to landscape the empty lot, according to McNulty. Carpenter Pat Delger built the gazebo with donated lumber. Townsend City Council agreed to provide maintenance, but the 4-Hers supplied water and care the first summer, she said.
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Image 1 Caption: The iconic Gazebo on Broadway now burns brightly at nights.
Photo Credit: Shawn Bucy
Image 2 Caption: Electrician Shawn Bucy finished installing night lighting at the gazebo on Broadway last week.
Photo Credit: Shawn Bucy
