Melrose Chamber: Businesses, Individuals Helped Melrose Bloom

This comes from the Melrose Chamber of Commerce. As you know, the City of Melrose partners with the Chamber on the annual hanging flowers baskets program which helps beautify our business districts, and I would also like to thank all our businesses and individuals who have pitched in.

As the largest organization dedicated to economic activity in the City of Melrose, the Melrose Chamber of Commerce frequently receives comments about the City’s beautiful and bustling downtown, and how lucky we are to have several thriving business districts throughout our community. We are very fortunate to have a business community, alongside many individuals, that continually gives back to the City throughout the year, and in many ways.

One reason why Melrose’s business districts remain attractive is because of the hanging geraniums that adorn the Victorian lamp posts on Main Street, Essex Street, Franklin Street, West Emerson Street and West Wyoming Avenue, across several seasons. These baskets, which are hung on the lamp posts in early spring and last through early fall, have become symbols of the support given by the business community and individual residents.

The flower baskets are also another wonderful example of the collaborative relationship which exists between the City of Melrose, the Melrose business community and the Melrose Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber sincerely thanks the City of Melrose’s Public Works Department for hanging, caring for and maintaining the flower baskets. Without this support from the City, the program would not be possible.

The following are the businesses and individuals who contributed to this initiative in 2019. Please make sure you thank these business owners and community members who make Melrose “bloom” by patronizing them in the months ahead:

Align Massage Studio; Beecy Bookkeeping; Bell & Izzi, LLC; Jean Bell; Richard & Carole Boutwell; Brad Hutchinson Real Estate; Cambridge West; Capuano Construction Company; Century 21 Sexton & Donohue Realtors; Churchill Corporation; David Driscoll Consulting; Edward Jones Investments; Elaine Foley; Friends of the Milano Center; Kate Lipper-Garabedian; Gately Funeral Service, Inc.; Gloss Spa; Inc.; Gray’s Appliance; Greenwood and Sons; Hinchey Brothers Plumbing, Inc.; Hourglass Gift Gallery; Hughes & Company, PC; Joseph S. Gulino, CPA; Justine Sterling Design; Jack & Ellie Kennaday; Lecce Skincare; Mike & Mary Beth Margolis; Sue McNamara; Melrose Animal Clinic; Melrose Bank; Melrose Daycare Center and Preschool; Melrose Family Optometry; Melrose Family Y.M.C.A.; Melrose Floor Covering; Melrose Glass Company; Melrose Lions Club; Melrose Oriental Rug; Miter Biter Frame Company; Moran Law Offices; Jay Morneault; North Shore Elder Law & Estate Planning; Oosterman’s Melrose Rest Home, Inc.; Perella Jewelers; Promotional Solutions, Inc.; Lynne Reveno; Robinson Funeral Home; Rotary Club of Melrose; Chris & Emily Santillo; SDM Foundation; Sheffield Advisors; Anne & Thayer Freemont Smith; Sullivan & Clark; Teachable Moments; The Bill Butler Group; The Grateful Thread; Maribeth Timony; Turner’s Seafood Grill & Market, Inc.; Waystack & Kirby; Attorneys at Law; Williams & Alley Insurance;  Mike Zwirko.

With extreme gratitude and appreciation,

Lauren H. Grymek
Executive Director
Melrose Chamber of Commerce,
One West Foster Street, Melrose MA