Westborough "Reflects" - Ideas

Importance of arts, culture, and history

I was visiting downtown Chicago one weekend (well before the virus shut everything down) and the place was practically empty. A waiter commented that it was the first weekend in a long time when there hasn't been a major performance event, which was why everything was so quiet and why the restaurants weren't normally packed. If we want to enhance the vibrancy of our historic downtown, the way to do it is through arts and culture. We have the talent in our town. We just need the venue(s) and a smart plan to get it started. Westborough had lots of cultural/entertainment venues in the past. We should revive this history if we want to make our downtown more of a destination and our town more culturally cohesive.

Work to make the town a Bicycle Friendly Community

The Bicycle Friendly Community program provides a roadmap to improving conditions for bicycling and guidance to help make your community's vision for a better, bikeable community a reality.

Pedestrian signal at Gleason St and Fisher St

The pedestrian signal at Gleason St and Fisher St on both sides of the road are 5 feet from the crosswalk, and in poison ivy on one side. Since moving the signals might be too costly, how about widening the crosswalk and extending the sidewalk? Let's put the crosswalk signals where people can reach them from the sidewalk, common sense here people.

Art Centers improve our quality of life, create economic opportunity and engage communities. Would be great to have one in Westborough!

"Walkable Westborough!" Sidewalks please!

I propose adding SIDEWALKS within and connecting various Westborough communities. This would allow us and our children to walk to school, parks, and friends' homes safely. It would connect families and neighbors, and promote healthy and active living among our town. Areas in particular need of sidewalks include Haskell St, Lyman near Chauncy, East Main from Uhlmans to Hastings School, & Ruggles, among many other areas.