| WHO: |
Senator Richard T. Moore
Senate President Robert E. Travaglini
Representative Marie J. Parente
Local officials, community advocates and residents
Milford Area Chamber of Commerce |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
11:30-4:15 pm |
| SCHEDULE: |
11:30 am Milford Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon
Radisson Hotel, 11 Beaver Street, Milford
1:45 pm Visit to Oliva’s Market
83 1/2 E Main St Milford
2:15 pm Milford Pond Committee Meeting
Italian American Vets, 4 Hayward FLD. Milford
3:15 pm Milford Regional Medical Center
14 Prospect Street Milford
4:15 pm Hopedale Draper Re-Use Project Tour
Hopedale Town Hall, 78 Hopedale St, Hopedale |
| ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: |
On Wednesday, October 18th, following Sen. President Travaglini’s speech at the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Senator Moore and Representative Parente have arranged for the Senate President to visit several key locations in Hopedale and Milford to help him gain a first-hand understanding of local projects being championed by the two legislators.
On the agenda will be restoration of Milford Pond. Representative Parente, with Sen. Moore’s backing, has been leading state efforts to secure funding for the restoration of the pond. The two lawmakers want the Senate President to meet with the Milford Pond committee and residents who live around the pond to gain support for this critical environmental project. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the Italian-American War Veterans post.
On the way to the Milford Pond meeting, Senator Travaglini will pay a visit to Oliva’s Market to say hello to “Babe” Oliva and his family. The Oliva’s are lifelong friends of the Travaglini family.
The next stop on the tour will be a visit to Milford Regional Medical Center to meet with leaders of the hospital staff and trustees. Travaglini and Moore have played a leading role in passage of the state’s new Health Care Reform law, and are interested in hearing the community hospital’s perspective on the reform and on the controversial issue of nurse staffing ratios.
Moore and Parente, joined by members of Hopedale’s Draper Re-Use Committee and Philip Shwachman owner of the former Rockwell/Draper property will take a driving tour through the mill site to view renovation and safety developments. The Senate President will then meet with the Draper Re-Use Committee to discuss efforts to ensure the safety of the current facility, and to help market the site for redevelopment. Both Moore and Parente have been meeting regularly with the committee for the past year in order to assist Hopedale residents in returning the property as an asset to the community. |
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