LOVEworks Sign
Gloucester Main Street Association Gloucester Main Street Association

LOVEworks Sign

Gloucester’s new LOVEworks sign, located on the gazebo lawn at Sanders Riverside Active Living Community, just off Main Street, was dedicated last Thursday, June 12, a day known as Loving Day, marking the day of the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia—a ruling that struck down bans on interracial marriage in Virginia and 15 other states, affirming the fundamental right to love and marry freely.

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LOVE Comes to Gloucester with New LOVEWorks Sign Unveiling on Loving Day
Gloucester Main Street Association Gloucester Main Street Association

LOVE Comes to Gloucester with New LOVEWorks Sign Unveiling on Loving Day

On Thursday, June 12, the community is invited to the official unveiling and dedication of a LOVEWorks sign, located on the gazebo lawn at Sanders Riverside Active Living Community, just off Gloucester’s Historic Main Street. The event will begin at 2:00 PM.

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Gloucester Arts Festival kicks off on June 6
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Gloucester Arts Festival kicks off on June 6

The Gloucester Arts Festival kicks off on June 6 with a week full of activities for art lovers, from the free Symphony Under the Stars to the lavish Plein Air Gala. In addition, 30 plein air artists from across the nation and beyond will be arriving as guests of the festival to spend the week as part of the Plein Air Invitational. They will be at many of the events to paint scenes and meet the public.

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Tourism Workshop
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Tourism Workshop

Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Destination Development Manager Laura Messer, shown at front, provided an educational workshop on tourism, marketing and grants for members of Gloucester Main Street Association

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Ware Neck Produce celebrates 40th anniversary
Cheyenne Fenton, Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal Cheyenne Fenton, Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

Ware Neck Produce celebrates 40th anniversary

Ware Neck Produce, a beloved cornerstone of Gloucester Main Street, is celebrating its 40th season in the community.

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Lena Weisman to lead Main Street Organization
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Lena Weisman to lead Main Street Organization

Lena Weisman has been officially named the executive director of Gloucester Main Street. She has been at Main Street for six months of “dedicated leadership” according to a press release, and at 25 is the youngest executive director in the organization’s 20 years.

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House of Ren opens on Main Street, Gloucester
Suzanne Scott Suzanne Scott

House of Ren opens on Main Street, Gloucester

House of Ren—a business offering acupuncture, herbal medicines, cryotherapy, infrared sauna, facials, and classes on meditation and Asian-inspired fitness—opened recently on Main Street in Gloucester.

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Renovations underway for Main Street special event center
Suzanne Scott Suzanne Scott

Renovations underway for Main Street special event center

Renovations are underway for the new special event center that is coming to Gloucester’s Main Street.

The Vault on Main, owned by Steward Charles Smith, will be going in the building that once housed the Bank of Gloucester, United Virginia Bank, Crestar Bank, and then SunTrust Bank.

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York & Main holds grand reopening party
Suzanne Scott Suzanne Scott

York & Main holds grand reopening party

Theresa Wells Stifel, owner of York & Main, celebrated her business’s recent expansion with a reopening party last Thursday. Wells Stifel’s business has welcomed 10 new female-owned businesses to bring a creative community into her new space right next door.

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