✅ Expand Parking Options for Downtown : Work to create more accessible parking so residents and visitors can easily enjoy our local businesses and cultural spaces.

 

✅ Install a Traffic Light at South Street and Main Street: Improve safety and reduce accidents at at Easthampton’s most dangerous intersection.

 

✅ Enhance Pedestrian Safety & Reduce Traffic Issues: Implement crosswalk improvements, traffic calming measures, and strategic planning to make our streets safer for everyone. Put a speed bump at the 141 curve coming into Cottage st. to slow traffic coming into Downtown. 

 

✅ Find Creative Solutions for Affordable Rent: Partner with housing organizations, property owners, and developers to get more units online to keep Easthampton affordable for working families, young people and seniors.

 

✅ Support Veterans: Work to reuse the Old Town Lodging House a historic property to help Veterans. Support the program that will provide shelter and skills training to learn farming and life skills.

 

✅ Explore the Reuse of Pepin Gym: Take another look at innovative ways to transform this important recreation space for community benefit.

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✅ Support Artists & Grow Our Creative Community: Encourage more artists to live and work here through community arts programs, incentives, and community-driven initiatives by supporting ECA.

 

✅ Community Clean-Up Days with Roll-Off Dumpsters: Work with local trash haulers to provide access to large dumpsters during cleanup days to help residents beautify their neighborhoods and dispose of large items.

 

✅ More Live Outdoor Music in Public Spaces: Streamline permitting and create more opportunities for local musicians to perform at parks and community events.

 

✅ Expand Public Art to Connect Our City: Invest in murals, sculptures, and interactive art installations that bring people together and celebrate Eastampton’s unique character.

 

✅ Protect Natural Resources & Promote Recreation: Improve signage, trails, and infrastructure so residents can enjoy Eastampton’s parks, the pond, and other green spaces. Also, protecting the viewshed of our beautiful Mountain!

 

✅ Better Connections Between Union, Cottage, Main Streets and the mills: Make these key areas flow together for a stronger, more walkable downtown experience.

 

✅ Support the Creation of an All-Wheels Park: Champion a safe and inclusive space for skateboards, scooters, and bikes.

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✅ Support the Creation of a Dog Park: Work for a safe space for our little four legged friends to be able to run off leash and make new friends.

 

✅ Invest in Critical Infrastructure Projects: Ensure Easthampton's roads, water systems, and essential services meet the needs of a growing city. and that we are planning proactively for the future.