Page 22 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 RESHAPING | FROM PAGE 21 Cliftondale. “To me the landowners down in the Square – they effectively hold all of the cards, I think, on what they may or may not be willing to do with their land or their buildings. If we only have these sites that are too small to have a real restaurant, then we will never have a real restaurant. … So, it’s really the landowners or people who become the landowners who will have the ultimate say in whether Cliftondale turns around or not. Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member Allen V. Panico: He is a lifelong Saugus resident. He said it would be nice to see more mom and pop stores in Cliftondale. He remembers years ago when the merchants of Cliftondale would have appreciation day, similar to a Founders Day event. He said he would like to see the neighborhood cleaned up and some events that would draw more people to the area. Precinct 4 Town Meeting Member Glen R. Davis: He said he has lived in Saugus most of his life. “We used to go to Cliftondale Square all of the time when we were kids. Chris Riley said that was kind of the place to go and hang out. … It really has gone downhill. It is something that can be revitalized. There’s a lot of good ideas in the (past) studies... Something that needs to happen is to get more parking. The church (St. Margaret’s) seems to balk at different things. Maybe we can incentivize it. Maybe it’s a toll type thing where people can have metered parking and the money goes back to the church. That would kind of be a ‘win-win’ for everybody. There would be parking available and then maybe the church could make money off it. The same thing with parking on the street. But they need to mitigate the situation there where you are driving through, maybe have parking just on one side so it’s not as dangerous trying to pass through there. Trying to get a firetruck through there with cars parked on both sides is very dangerous….As far as all the stakeholders down there, they should be willing to give their input to this committee as far as what they would like to see. We can do bylaw changes. We can do zoning changes, Whatever … they want that seems feasible.” Precinct 5 Town Meeting Member Julie Ann Mitchell: “Parking is definitely a problem. I loved hearing everybody’s ideas. But, it’s the businesses that we should be reaching out to, and seeing what they need and what they want. But definitely a restaurant and something that is going to bring in a lot of people – not just someone running in (a convenience store) to grab a gallon of milk … but something that people are going to want to go to all of the time.” Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member Jeanie M. Bartolo: “Everything all of you guys said was awesome. But that was for the future.” She said she is happy to learn that a new Christmas tree will be installed in the rotary. She hopes to see banners bearing student photos installed on utility poles again to congratulate graduating seniors at Saugus High School. She said she would like to see more plants and planters installed in Cliftondale. “Do something aesthetically right now,” she said, to provide shopkeepers with an incentive. “Do these few little simple things that don’t cost a lot of money … Right now, there are a ton of tiny little things to make the Square aesthetically more pleasing.” Precinct 8 Town Meeting Member Thomas E. Traverse was absent from Wednesday’s meeting. His time as chair of the Town Manager’s Economic Development Committee makes him invaluable in discussing economic development–related issues in Cliftondale, according to Vecchione. REAL ESTATE TRANSAC TIONS Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 Luzha, Bentor BUYER2 Luzha, Veli Franco, Candace SELLER1 Big A LLC Springer, Anthony Villesenda, Princess M Bergstrom, Andrea I Vivace, Anthony G Vivace, Nancy E Springer, Anthony Villesenda, Princess M Bergstrom, Andrea I SELLER2 ADDRESS 7 Saugus Ave 42 Eagle Rd CITY DATE PRICE Saugus 17.03.2021 $820 000,00 Saugus 15.03.2021 $390 000,00 17 Oceanview Ave Saugus 15.03.2021 $500 000,00 42 Robins Rd #42 Saugus 15.03.2021 $390 000,00
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