Board of Aldermen 09-09-2020 Page 34
In conclusion, | also want to recognize Revive Recovery Resource Center and Rise Above because they
had a cornhole tournament this past Sunday at Greeley Park. They are working on developing a Silver
Community Center which | think is an essential piece of the puzzle here in Nashua where we have crisis
centers and we have peer support centers. We need places for people to congregate that are safe that are
sober that are clean. We encourage a lot of drinking and legalization of this and that. In the downtown
area for economic reasons, | am happy that they are working so hard to make sure that we have resources
and amenities for everybody. So | am looking forward to that and | am very grateful for the presence of
Revive and the other support programs that have been developed by people who have been through that
experience. And like Meg and Mike, Carol are working to take their experiences and use them to help
other people.
So thank you for your indulgence, | know that was a lot but it’s been a long run.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Lopez. Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. | have a few pieces here. So | want to start by just recognizing that yesterday was the first of
school yesterday. | want to thank the District staff, all of the teachers and parents obviously who are
working together to make this happen at a weird time and | know everybody is doing their very, very best.
So | appreciate that going off fairly seamlessly.
| also wanted to mention the groundbreaking at 10 Paxton Terrace for the Veteran Housing that was done
last week. A number of Aldermen were in attendance and they just did a lovely job, looking forward to
seeing those two pieces come on. _ If you guys remember there are going to be two units for families with 3
bedrooms on each side and it is for Veterans. So that was a lovely event.
| wanted to thank our new City Clerk for a seamless primary in the middle of a pandemic, it’s not easy. |
went and voted with my family in the morning and it was seamless so thank you for your hard work on that.
And two more things. | wanted to shout out to the Farmers’ Market, Great American Downtown, Paul Shea
and Jennifer have been doing an incredible job. Every week Alderman Klee is there making sure that
people are following the masks and making many masks of her own. But it’s been a nice outlet in the
community and really everyone has been following social distance guidelines very well. So | have been
appreciative of that community effort. And the people keep going up and up and up. So it was a beautiful
weekend and hopefully more people will come out Sundays on City Hall Plaza from 10 to 2.
And finally | just also wanted to express my concern for the Mayor and his wife. | definitely hope that they
will, | know they will beat this and move forward. And | think it’s just a reminder that we have to stay vigilant.
There was something the other day that said ‘just because you're over it, that doesn’t mean it’s over’ and |
think that’s kind of where we all are. So masks, wash your hands, listen to the public experts because they
know what they are talking about.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderwoman Kelly. Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd
Just a couple things. | had a very wonderful weekend, Labor Day Weekend, | just added my fourth
granddaughter to the family and mother and baby are doing fine. And | am out here in Rochester, New
York which | am sure everybody is seeing on the nightly news, fortunately it is not close to where | am but
not too far away either. But | can tell you that everyone out here is wearing a mask.
