Left In Lowell

Is there a controversy regarding Lowell’s Christmas/Holiday lights? I am not talking about the secular versus religious issue but the one about the new lights in downtown Lowell.

There has been some talk on WCAP’s morning show, Dennis Shaughnessey had an article in yesterdays’ Lowell Sun quoting Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jeanne Osborn , “”The thinking [upgrading the lights] was that we wanted to refresh the look of the downtown, but I think our understanding was that it would be done little by little…A mixture of the old and new.”

And then we had this discussion during last week’s City Council meeting:

The wreaths that were hung on the Victorian lights as well as along the downtown streets were fine but there is nothing wrong with some upgradign and change. What bothered me the most about the old Christmas decoration was how long the DPW left them hanging?
Many, many weeks after Christmas had come and gone.

Those new nets with the hint of mauve mixed in with the silver lights look nice. We just need a few more. Some of the businesses have really done a nice job with their store front and others, well they are not yet in the spirit of the season.

But I figure that if the quality of holiday lights in downtown Lowell is the major municipal issue this week, we must be a pretty good shape.