Author: Ed Collard

F. O.B. Alicia Cox working it for the ..

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Good Egg Alicia fundraising at the Cape Ann Brewery for the Dog Park. Stop by and help out by having somthing to eat and drink!! Thanks to Cape Ann Brewery.

Important meeting about the new downtown hotel – Monday at 7 p.m.

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The effort to bring positive change in Gloucester is gaining momentum. In one week, nearly 500 people have signed the petition in favor of rezoning to allow a downtown hotel. (If you haven’t signed the petition yet, please do so here.) Letters to the editor have been running every day from people who support the hotel and the jobs and economic growth it will bring to Gloucester.

But all our efforts will fall short if we don’t have strong attendance at Monday night’s important public meeting. Let’s not let a small group of opponents give the impression that they speak for all of Gloucester. City councilors and Planning Board members need to see that we who love Gloucester and want it to move forward are the majority. You won’t be asked to speak. By showing up, you will be showing your support.

Please attend the meeting this Monday, March 12 at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

We encourage you to arrive early. We need your support!

Thank you,
Citizens for Positive Change in Gloucester
www.WeLoveGloucester.org

Will you write a letter to the editor?

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Citizens for Positive Change is asking supporters to write a letter to the editor in support of a hotel in downtown Gloucester. We need to show that the small group of vocal opponents who want to hold Gloucester back does not represent the majority. Most of us want Gloucester to move forward, not backward, and create jobs and a healthy economy.

The new hotel will go on Pavilion Beach,  near where an earlier hotel stood for 65 years. It will:

• Create over 100 new full-time jobs.
• Attract visitors whose spending will strengthen our downtown businesses.
• Generate revenue for the City that can be spent on public safety and education.

To submit a letter to the Gloucester Daily Times, click here. Please write by this Wednesday, March 7,to be published before next Monday’s important public hearing.

Thank you. We need your help!
Citizens for Positive Change

Petition to support the new hotel is taking off: Over 300 signatures and counting!

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Our group is growing at lightning speed!  Only 3 days ago, Citizens for Positive Change in Gloucester created a petition to support a new hotel on Pavilion Beach, near where a hotel stood for 65 years. (Click here to see that hotel). Our petition has touched a nerve, with over 100 people a day signing up to support the hotel and help Gloucester’s economy grow. Click here to sign our petition and see over 300 people who’ve already signed it.

Gloucester needs to move forward, not backward, and create jobs and a healthy economy that will give our young people a reason to stay and visitors a reason to come here. The hotel will create over 100 new full-time jobs, attract visitors whose spending will strengthen our downtown businesses, and generate revenue for the City from Meals, Rooms, and Property Taxes.  Let’s take the tax burden off the homeowner!

It’s time to say “Enough is enough” to those who’ve held Gloucester back. The tide is turning. Positive change is coming to Gloucester!

Join the movement. Visit us at www.WeLoveGloucester.org. You can share the petition with your friends on Facebook by clicking here.

Thanks,
Citizens for Positive Change in Gloucester

Petition to support the new hotel: Here’s how to sign up

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A new group has been formed to support positive change in Gloucester that will strengthen our city.  Citizens for Positive Change in Gloucester believes the hotel proposed on Pavilion Beach will help our economy grow. Gloucester needs to move forward, not backward, and create jobs and a healthy economy that will give our young people a reason to stay and visitors a reason to come here. It’s time to say “Enough is enough” to those who’ve held Gloucester back.

The new hotel will go on Pavilion Beach, near where an earlier hotel stood for 65 years. (Here is a previous GMG post about that hotel.) The hotel will create over 100 new full-time jobs, attract visitors whose spending will strengthen our downtown businesses, and generate revenue for the City from Meals, Rooms, and Property Taxes.

Click here to sign a petition to the City Council and Planning Board in support of the hotel. You can also share it on Facebook by clicking here.

If you’re interested in joining us, please visit us at www.WeLoveGloucester.org.

Thanks,
Citizens for Positive Change in Gloucester