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8.17.2026 CPA Plaque Presentation
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Alrighty, our first project we're calling up is the Fall River Historical Society.
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Uh, we have a plaque to give you to put on the front of your building that acknowledges that you had CPA money, uh, for historic preservation.
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So Caroline, if you could come up.
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Unprecedented 160-foot steeples are visible from all directions.
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The congregation was established generations ago.
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Okay, and then next, uh, is Charlie here from the Mad Boys at the Museum?
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I don't think Charlie's here.
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Charlie's not here.
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Okay, we'll pass that on.
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Um, Maritime Museum?
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Okay.
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Uh, Lafayette, uh, Durfee House?
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Good friend Dave Jennings, time travel from 1776.
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I tell you, if you haven't been down to Lafayette House, you should.
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It's magnificent.
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If, uh, they do cooking Coffee detail.
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I mean, it's just wonderful, uh, what he's done down there.
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Uh, next one up is the Central Fire Station.
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You've got the plaque before you got the, uh, up there.
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Uh, next, the Dr. Fisk House.
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They've been doing great work there.
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Uh, I guess the museum will be opening shortly one of these years where we'll have, uh, uh, you're welcome.
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Thank you.
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Next is the, uh, school administration building.
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I don't think anyone's here from the school administration.
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Al's here.
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And you might as well stay up here because you're going to get one for the Fall River Fire Museum, which, uh, that should be completed this year with the new roof, new windows.
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They're— oh, they're here.
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I think the new, uh, Chris, is it?
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Come on up, we'll give them a hand.
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Next is, uh, uh, Handy Art School.
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Okay, uh, did a great job with that.
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That building looks great.
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Uh, the Art Association.
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And, uh, water.
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Paul Furlan, the pump station.
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And then, uh, North Burial Grounds, that would be another Al.
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Al or Darren?
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Thank you.
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Then, uh, Andorondack Farms.
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I don't know if you folks saw what's going on at Andorondack Farms, but that's going to be great down there.
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Uh, so I'll get down there and check it out.
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Open space.
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The Barnes are going to be doing, I guess, educational seminars and stuff down there.
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Then let's see, next is the Oak Grove Cemetery.
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If you haven't seen the gate restored, you should get over there.
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It's just a great little walk around there.
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The Fall River Veterans Center, new roof.
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Ow.
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Fall River Library.
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Our good friends at historic St. Ann's Church, are they here?
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They're doing a great job saving that building.
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Let's see, Union Belt, I don't think anyone's here.
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Crescent Rock Church, great partners in helping Florida Row.
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Any way they can.
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Uh, Corky Rowe, uh, Rowing Club.
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We've rowed a couple of times.
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Yeah, Corky Rowe.
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You're Corky Rowe.
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This is you, right?
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Rowing.
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This is you.
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It's Corky Rowe, not the Rowing Club.
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Didn't finish the story at all.
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That is the story.
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Oh, okay.
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Oh, okay.
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All right, let's see next.
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It's the Children's Museum.
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Okay, um, let's see, uh, uh, Derpy Block.
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Okay, he's not here right now.
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Um, Eagle Event Center.
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Okay, uh, let's see, uh, snorkel, uh, to incentivize history, travel, and diversity.
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There we got one.
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Let's see, First Congressional Church, not here.
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Deaconess Holmes.
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And that's it for our students.
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York.
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Now open space.
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Um, got both pages?
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Yeah, I got both pages.
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Uh, first in open space, we have the, uh, Quicker Sand Rail Trail, which is one of the— we started the project off getting federal funding.
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We need a study to be done, and CPA, uh, supplied the money for the study.
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So, uh, great trail, great place to get out walking.
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So, Al, I guess you get this one.
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I'll take it.
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On Al Lima's name.
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Al Lima.
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If Al Lima were here, he'd take this.
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Thank you, Al.
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Thank you, Al.
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He's a great guy.
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Next we have, uh, it's daring around.
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We have, uh, Maplewood Park.
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Um, come on up.
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We have, uh, Maplewood Park, uh, lights, state-of-the-art.
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Uh, Father Kelly, uh, Park with the lights.
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Now we can have these, uh, great softball tournaments at night and, uh, bring people in here.
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Let's see, Waterville Rowing Club, that's it for you now.
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That's not it, okay, but if you haven't seen the Waterville Rowing Club, it's a great— I mean, a city our size has a free— they give free lessons to our youth and stuff, so make sure you get them down there.
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I mean, it's just a tremendous thing they do down there, and they also have events going on.
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Tournaments and stuff.
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Next would be, uh, I guess, uh, well, we need Darren back up with Pulaski Park.
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And, uh, Columbia Street.
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God.
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Columbia Street Parklet, uh, he's not here.
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Can we pass it on to Darren?
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Uh, Vietnam, uh, Veterans Memorial Wall, another great thing the city established.
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Uh, it's a, it's a great place to go down there and honor the people that sacrificed for us.
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So, uh, Darren, we got more for you.
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And then Adam Court Sensory Park.
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You come up and take it with this gentleman, Marcel.
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I think you've done a great job.
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This is a great project where community investing in it with the city can make things happen.
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So keep that in mind with other projects and stuff that come on board.
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Uh, let's see, uh, next is, uh, some more parks that we did.
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Griffin Park, Highland Park, Troop Park.
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They are all getting repaved this year, I guess, courts.
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So, and that concludes the plan.
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So thank you.
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One second.
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We have what we forgot on this door, Little Theater.
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Thank you.
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Okay, that's it.
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Enjoy the rest of the night.
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Mingle, and any questions, feel free.
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