Tag: Jim Egan

  • Town of Framingham Receives Donation from Local Businesses

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Local businesses donate tents to Town of Framingham for Concerts on the Green. Noticing that the Town was in need of new tents for the concession stand and booths at the weekly Friday night concerts, four Framingham business people pooled resources to purchase and donate four tents.

    Val Thompson, of Diaper Queen, Jim Gordon, Gordon Real Estate, Jeff Newman of Sign*A*Rama, and Debbie Cleveland of framingham.com bought four tents and presented them to Jim Egan, Director of Town Building Services, who organizes the concerts.

    The tents made their debut on Friday night, July 29th, providing a clean and bright look to the concession stand.

    The four businesses were acknowledged during the announcement portion of the program.

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  • Memorial Building Rotunda Skylights Restrored

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Skylights in the lobby of the Memorial Building which houses a Veteran’s Memorial will soon be uncovered as part of a renovation project.

    Another project inspired by Framingham Town Owned Building’s Director Jim Egan who found the tar-papered and painted skylights and worked to get the project rolling to restore the hall’s entrance to it’s pre-WWII glory.

    The skylights were covered up in 1942 per order of the governor as part of a blackout operation during WWII.

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