Committee seeks donations to spruce up Chester

The Chester Beautification Committee seeks to gets planters placed around the town.

The recently formed Chester Beautification Committee, an all-volunteer organization under the auspices of the Chester Economic Development Corp., is seeking contributions to help purchase large planters to be filled with flowers and placed in key locations in the town center to show that Chester is a thriving and welcoming place to visit, shop and live. Other seasonal and long-term projects are in the works.

Businesses and residents are encouraged to make this project a reality by donating toward the purchase of a planter to be placed in public areas. The cost of each planted container is $85. Or you can purchase your own planter to place on your own property.

Several members of the Chester Beautification Committee plot positions for new floral planters. They are, from left, Lillian Willis, Rosann Sexton, Jane Davis, Barb
Westine, John McAveeney, Cheryl LeClair and Tory Spater. Click photo to enlarge.

To order a planted container to be placed in a public place or to purchase one for your own business or private property, please contact Tory Spater at 802-875-2952 or tory@vermontel.net The committee also encourages widespread participation in this new effort and welcomes suggestions of additional sites that would benefit from a planter to make Chester more appealing and attractive.

Make checks payable to: Chester Economic Development Corp. (Chester Beautification in the memo line). Send checks to P.O. Box 130, Chester, VT 05143, c/o Tory Spater. A swift response in donations will help the purchase of pots and plants before the planting takes place on May 29.

Members of the Chester Beautification Committee are Nancy Chute, Jane Davis, Carol Gilbert, Cheryl LeClair, John McAveeney, Maureen McAveeney, Chris Meyer, Nancy Rugg, Rosann Sexton, Tory Spater, Barb Westine, Dale Williamson  and Lillian Willis.