Amenities Betterment- Gardner MA
The City of Gardner Massachusetts has accomplished successes in Amenities Betterment, including but not limited to:
Bicycle Friendly City
Park Betterments
New Parks
Fitness Court
Improving Access to Arts and Culture
Easy Access to Recreation
An involved Public Library
Popular Dog Park
Playgrounds for every age starting with toddlers
Access to bus stops
Modern Schools
Municipal Golf Course
Access to both traditional broadband, cellular, and unlimited satellite internet
Modern movie theater
Hotel
Motel
Gardner Massachusetts thinks of amenities when it does its short-term and long-term planning. Residents of Gardner enjoy living in the City. The Chair City of Gardner has many amenities.
Tangible Amenities in the City of Gardner
| Restaurants: Gardner has Fast Food Chain Restaurants, Family owned pizza and sub restaurants, Family Dining, Chinese Restaurants, Beer and Brew pubs. |
| Community Center: The former Waterford Street School is slated to become a full-fledged Community Center in 2023. Gardner has a Senior Center. |
| Swimming: Residents desiring a swim have available Dunn State Park, Greenwood Memorial Pool, or the indoor pool at Mount Wachusett Community College. |
| Golf: Gardner has a beautiful 18 hole Municipal Golf Course. Memberships are available and the course is also open by the day to residents and non-residents. |
| Health Club Facilities: The City has a number of private health club facilities and also the Fitness Center at Mount Wachusett Community College. |
| Party Rooms: Function Halls are available at some private clubs as well as the large ballroom at the Colonial Hotel and Conference Center. |
| Theater: The Gardner Cinemas offers a multi-theater experience with comfortable recliner seating. |
| Bike paths: The ever-expanding bike path traverses a route from the Veterans Memorial Skating Rink near Downtown Gardner up across from Mount Wachusett Community College. Plans are in the works to construct a Pedestrian-Bike Bridge to go over Route 140 and connect to the Bike Path which exists towards the next town. |
| Parks: The City has a number of parks scattered among its 5 wards. Some of the parks cater to younger and some to older age groups, including a park for kids as young as toddlers and one which features a skate park. Gardner has one of the largest Dog Parks in the region to which visitors some from miles around. |
| Internet Access: Most all areas of Gardner are covered by wired High-speed internet access. In addition, a recent satellite service was added which offers unlimited bandwidth. 5G is available for cellular service. |
Intangible Amenities in the City of Gardner
| Public Transport: Gardner is part of the M.A.R.T. system with a number of bus routes and stops throughout the City |
| Pleasant Views: The City has views of Mount Monadnock and other wooded and treed land contribute to a very good feel. |
| Nearby Activities: Gardner is located near other communities and within a short drive to the cities of Worcester and Boston. |
| Clean Air and Water: The City is known for relatively low pollution and clean water. |
| People: The Chair City receives compliments on its caring people which is demonstrated by the good works done by its many non-profit organizations. |
Gardner Massachusetts is a pleasant, delightful, and enjoyable place to Live, Work, Play, and Visit.
GardnerMagazine.com spoke with Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson about how Gardner has added to its list of amenities for residents and visitors. Here’s what he had to say:
Mayor Nicholson: One of the things that you’ll see when you drive around the City now is that one of the amenity increases that we’ve done is really invest a lot into our parks and playgrounds around the City. If you look over at the Bailey Brook Park area, the new 5 years and under playground should be completed by the end of this month and should be open to the public, fully opened by, ‘I’m going to guess early to mid June this year. At the same time, we’ve done a lot of work over in our other parks and playgrounds. With Ovila Case, we’re getting new basketball courts. There’s a new pickleball court being constructed over in Bailey Brook to add something new. The new fitness court that’s’ been added next to the Dernalowicz tennis court over at the Gardner High School location. There’s so many new additions that are in the pipeline as well. When you look at rear Main Street and the new water features and amphitheater seating. That are being planned to be constructed within the next 12 to 18 months. The small things add up. And that’s the thing is we want to make sure were not leaving a corner of the city untouched. And that everyone feels like there’s some work being invested into their neighborhood that they call their home, not just in one spot of the City.