Turning the Corner The Highlights Magic and music in the Marble Works A break in construction for the holiday weekend Though we’ll miss our Memorial Day parade for a second straight year, several of our favorite summer events are now well along in the planning stage as we turn the corner into the summer months and a loosening of the restrictions that have kept us apart. This weekend Town Hall Theater kicks things off with several events planned under the big top tent in the M

Summer Comes Early The Highlights More progress in the parks A pop-up artists market on Merchants Row this Friday We all seem to be reveling in this early summer weather, and it has certainly benefited the construction crews working to bring our four-year downtown construction project to a close in August. Let’s start our weekly tour in the centerpiece of this construction effort, Triangle Park. With Landshapes having installed the final granite pavers last week, Kubricky spr

Triangle Park Sidewalks to Reopen The Highlights Triangle Park nears completion Downtown crosswalks to get restriped Rail platform and paving project updates This week Triangle Park—now weighing in at about four times its pre-construction size—once again took center stage in the downtown construction as Landshapes returned to complete the park’s hardscape, assembling the final two sections of granite pavers. You may recall that a paved landscape for public events emerged as a

Making Concrete While the Sun Shines The Highlights Walls and sidewalks for Lazarus Park Rail platform and paving project updates After three days of intermittent rain, Thursday’s blue skies and sunshine—highlighted in the photo below showing Vermont Rail’s southbound freight train about to pass under the Cross Street Bridge—brought a surge of activity across the downtown construction sites. Before we move on to our weekly recap and look-ahead to next week, I wanted to let yo