Community
The Art Show of the Summer
Okay, let’s get one thing straight right from the get-go: It’s me dubbing “Don’t Call it a Comeback,” UGLY Gallery at Groundwork!, the Art Show of the Summer. Certainly not…
Read MoreDigital age food delivery in New Bedford
Last autumn, Ryan Caton, William Gilmour and Justin Baker shared an idea at an Entrepreneurship for All Southcoast Pitch Contest that brought down the house. That idea was GotChew –…
Read MoreA Splash of Color by the Cove
More and more while tooling around New Bedford these days, you see small things that add up to something far larger. More home improvement projects; expanding small businesses; a sense…
Read MoreHow would you spend $5.5 million in New Bedford?
Okay, the headline is clickbait. But the funds are real. With a few caveats. On Tuesday, June 20, the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) held the first of three public meetings…
Read MoreWhy every adult should go back to summer camp
As a coworking space owner/operator, I spend a TON of time thinking about how create an environment that lends itself to the formation of friendships and real connection. These days,…
Read MoreCheers to New Bedford’s Hardware Stores
Many of us in New Bedford bemoan the lack of commercial investment in our neighborhoods. Too many hole-in-the-wall restaurants, markets and taverns are gone and each new closing – like…
Read MoreTaking the New Bedford Arts Community to the Next Level
Sometimes, all the planets line up and you’re afforded new opportunities in life to seize upon. New Bedford’s arts economy is about to be offered one hell of an opportunity.…
Read MoreTimothy Ellis Cole: Helping to sustain New Bedford
You’ll have to forgive us here at Groundwork! for taking an inordinate amount of pride in artist Timothy Ellis Cole. It’s because his roots go deep into the place and…
Read MorePlanting Roots in New Bedford
It’s a simple and quiet thing yet also something profound. At schools throughout New Bedford, GROW Education is entering its third year of planting community gardens for the benefit of…
Read MoreVirginia Woolf at Haskell Public Gardens
It’s been almost six months since the New Bedford Feminist Reading Group convened for the first time. Launched in January at the initiative of performance artist Andy Anello, the group…
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