Every year it is our honor to bring twinkle and cheer to the neighborhood during the holiday season. The tradition of "lighting the poles" creates an inviting avenue for visitors passing through our lovely town and brings about a sense of warmth and community for all who live here. The cold winter months and inclement New England weather can be pretty tough on the light strands, and replacing them annually presents a significant ongoing cost. Thankfully, when we all work together, we can make it happen! We presented the community with the opportunity to help the good cause, and the outpouring of enthusiasm and financial support has been overwhelming. We are so grateful and moved by everyone’s generosity. A special thank you goes out to HB Energy Solutions and their merry elves for hanging the banners and doing such a beautiful job of putting up the lights. HB provides us with an enormous amount of assistance with this project, and we’d like to give a huge shout out to Brian Hernon and his team for their amazing efforts setting up Santa’s house and doing the legwork for the tree lighting ceremony. We’d also like to express our gratitude to Jeff Graham ofGraham & Veroff, P.C. for donating such a beautiful tree for the Downtown Holiday Program. Thanks to Bibens Home Center for their support, as well as Old Mill Road Media for their contribution. Much appreciation goes to our partners, Springfield On the Move and the Springfield Garden Club, for the lovely wreathes, and thanks to the downtown businesses that decorated their storefronts so creatively. Thank you also to the Town of Springfield for approving some necessary repairs to the electrical system. And we hope you got a chance to check out SOM's new lighting of the falls which can be viewed from the Park Street bridge! The downtown avenue is looking festive and bright, and the Chamber wants to express utmost appreciation to the following organizations and individuals who helped us to Light the Poles for the holiday season:
HB Energy Solutions
Bibens Home Center
Old Mill Road Media
Great Northern Liquidation - Rick & Lisa Young
Jim & Cathy Weeder
The Rubel Sisters
In Memory of Marie LeBlanc
John & Sandy Sackevich
Springfield Town Library
Char & Steve Osterlund
Mascoma Bank
The Kischko Family
Herb & Nina Jamison
Dale & Marie Nemkovich
Joanne Baltz & Colin Hadley
P & L Kelley Enterprises
Carol & William Eramo
Frances Stevens
Walter Martone
Springfield Supported Housing Program
Comfort Inn - White River Jct, VT
DuBois & King, Inc.
Gabriella Holl
Springfield Community Players
Mike & Judi Martin
Carol Cole
Bruce & Cheryl Cox
Frank & Jocelyn Zezza
Bryce & Cathryn Honeywell
Armand Soucy & Barbara Rodgers
Anonymous
The Springfield Barber
Gurney Brothers Construction, Inc.
Diane Kemble for Gallery at the VAULT
Mary Perry
Linley & Wendy Messer
Briar Patch Farm
Springfield Farmers' Market
The Fog Family
Springfield Senior Center
Amcomm Wireless - Verizon Wireless Retailer
REWIND 106.5 WCFR
NEWSTALK 99.7 WNTK
NEWSTALK 98.9 WUVR
COUNTRY 1010/94.7 WCNL
Peter and Sandy MacGillivray
King's Corner, LLC
SHS Class of 1968
Linda Brown
Theodore & Rosa-Lee Gould
Kent & Nancy Samson
Catherine & Daniel Merrill
Colleen & Mark Greenvall
Richard & Deanna Dexter
Suzanne Murray & Louis Murray Jr
Joanne & Eugene Burton
Jean Patoine
Frederick & Bonnie Scriba
Lai Kum & Scott Searle
Robert Andrews & Donna Small Andrews
William & Martha Bibens
James & Mary MacMahan, Pete Kamel, Barb Martel
Harry Moore
KMC Transportation In Memory of Tom Caves
Lawrence and Wheeler Insurance
Alice Emmons
Nancy & Paul Bladyka
Beth Tofel-Grehl
David & Kathi Byam
Virginia Thulen
Ron Abbott
The Buron Family
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont
Stuart Brown & Sandra Dejong
Springfield Area Parent Child Center
Edward J Foster
Steven Hebert
Springfield Elks #1560
Doug & Judi Priestley
Priscilla Millay
Dragonfly Designs
Jaxson Curcio
Jeanice Garfield
Elizabeth & Fred Willis
Kelly Flynn
KJ's Place
The Huck Family in Memory of Edward Huck
In Memory of LCpl Kurt E. Dechen
Rose Lucenti
Springfield Food Co-op
Kay Snide
Anonymous
Ben Lovejoy
THANK YOU!
