Get Ready for Springtime in Chester!

It's time to reactivate spring and summer floral displays around Chester by supporting the planter campaign started last spring by the Chester Beautification Committee. While this all-volunteer committee has recently changed its name to Chester Townscape to reflect the broader efforts it has undertaken in the restoration project for the Hearse House and Public Tomb, it is the same group of people working to improve and enhance the appearance and appeal of Chester for residents, businesses, and visitors.

The new organization, which is now part of the charitable Chester Community Alliance, is soliciting contributions to purchase large containers that will be filled with soil and planted with flowers. These planters will be placed in key locations throughout the town to show that Chester is a thriving and welcoming place to visit, shop, and live.

The familiar gray planters will soon grace a variety of very visible public places: the Village Green walkways, Whiting Library, Post Office, Chester Railway Station, Depot gazebo, and Town Hall, to name a few. New flower boxes will be created for the bridges leading to town, and more planted barrels will appear at the Pinnacle swimming pool.

Businesses and residents are encouraged to make this project a reality by donating to the public part of the effort and/or by purchasing a planter for their own business or property. The cost of each new, planted container is $85, and the cost of replanting a previously purchased planter is $50. However every sponsored pot or contribution to the effort will be appreciated and add to a coordinated look for the town that in 2014 lasted well into the fall.

To order a new, planted container or to order the replanting of a pot purchased last year, please contact Tory Spater at 802-875-2952 or [email protected]. She can email a copy of the order form, but copies of the form are also available at Misty Valley Books and the Whiting Library. The check for a planter and/or a contribution should be made payable to Chester Community Alliance, Inc., marked for Chester Townscape in the memo line, and mailed to Chester Townscape, PO Box 561, Chester, VT 05143. A swift response in donations will help the purchase of pots and plants before the planting takes place on May 27.

Chester Townscape encourages wide-ranging support for this effort and welcomes suggestions of additional sites that would benefit from a planter to help make Chester more appealing and attractive. Please contact Tory Spater with suggestions and help Chester Townscape bring out the best in Chester.

Caption for photo of window boxes at Town Hall:
Remember how beautiful Town Hall looked all last summer? Let's make that glorious display happen again by supporting Chester Townscape's planter project!