'Celebrate Marblehead' Kicks Off This Week

Photo: Customers enjoy Java Sun Coffee Roasters purchases on the kickoff day for Celebrate Marblehead. Credit: Marblehead Chamber of Commerce Facebook page)

If you’ve noticed a certain pride and color in Marblehead’s business community this week, you might have the initiative “Celebrate Marblehead” to thank.

In late March, the Marblehead Board of Selectmen approved a chamber of commerce initiative designed to offer Marblehead businesses ”more tools ... to attract customers and promote a festive and inviting town atmosphere,” according to a letter posted on the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce’s page.

Specifically, the letter relates, the chamber wants to help businesses recover from the long winter and presented a “Celebrate Marblehead” proposal to selectmen as one step in that recovery plan.

The plan allows businesses from April 15-Sept. 30 to engage in a number of activities that would otherwise not be permitted under current town regulations.

Outdoor seating, outdoor tables and displays, some outdoor entertainment, small beautification projects and Sunday evening entertainment at State Street Landing are among the items selectmen approved.

Are you enjoying “Celebrate Marblehead” initiatives like outdoor dining? Have you noticed any particular changes among businesses? Tell us in the comments.

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