Lucile's Cottage
In 2022 the vision of transforming Veasey Memorial Park's Lucile's Cottage into a special space for community art, an asset for generations to come, was conceived.
In June of 2023, Pentucket Art Foundation board member, Melissa Montello-Smith brought the fashion-show, Rubbish to Runway to Veasey Park. Together with Veasey Park Director, Vanessa Lopez, R2R founder, Elizabeth Rose, and Groveland resident Kim Dowling, Ms. Montello-Smith's team raised over $10,000 to support art programming and renovating Lucile's Cottage. We are thrilled that R2R plans to return to Veasey Park in June 2024!
On October 8th 2023, Yoga to Farms raised $140 to benefit the renovation of Lucile's Cottage with a special yoga class with sweet goats from Great Rock Farm's Goats To Go in Georgetown, MA. Thank you!
Yoga to Farms has been practicing yoga with baby fainting goats since 2017.
To learn more about Yoga to Farm events, please go to the events page at Yoga to Farms.
Veasey Park serves the Merrimack Valley area as a warm and welcoming location for us to come together in community-led activities, be it through events like the Makers Market by the Pentucket Arts Foundation, group exercising like the all-levels-welcome Hill Workouts with Karen Puopolo and Yoga from Yoga to Farms, Early Literacy and Art programming facilitated by Community Action Inc: Family Community Connection (FCC), meetings for veterans with the American Legion by Dave Tuttle, support and education for wood-carving artists with expert Justin Gordon every Wednesday (Justin is also offering Ballroom Dancing Classes!), fine art classes for children with Bagnall art instructor, Sara Cassavaugh, fine art AND performing arts classes for all ages with Forged Muse Productions (ask about their academic tutoring workshops), or Swing Dance practice and lessons by Greg Clarkson. For more about any of these programs, check out our events page. In addition to these community-member led and organized classes and groups, Veasey Park relies on the support and championship of Groveland residents like the chair of the Groveland Conservation Commission, Mike Dempsey, Claire Walsh of the Groveland Historic Society, and Dianne of the Groveland Gardening Club and the Master Gardeners. Through the care of all of these community members, and so many more people and businesses, projects to improve and sustain Veasey Park have been undertaken and maintained, some receiving CPA funding. For more about how Groveland residents determine the spending of CPA funds, see our CPA page or the official CPA page which highlights CPA projects here in Groveland. To see how much the state matched Groveland's contributions and on their projects, see the Massachusetts government page. Renovating Lucile's Cottage into safe, usable space, is a significant undertaking, but accessible art programming and studio space for artists will be beneficial to Groveland now and in the future.
For any questions related to the Lucile's Cottage project, please reach out to Vanessa Lopez, Director of Veasey Memorial Park, directly at vanessa@veaseypark.org.
Veasey Park serves the Merrimack Valley area as a warm and welcoming location for us to come together in community-led activities.
SPECIAL ANNUAL EVENTS
Winter Festival by the Friends of Veasey Park, January
Annual Friends of Veasey Meeting, February
Flea Market by Claire Walsh with the Friends of Veasey, March
April
May
Rubbish to Runway Fashion Show by Melissa Montello with the Friends of Veasey, June
Ice Cream Social by the Friends of Veasey and Tree Top Summer Camp, July/August
Fairy House Festival by the Friends of Veasey and Tree Top Summer Camp, September
Spirit Quest, October
November
Makers Market by the Pentucket Arts Foundation, December
Winter Solstice activity, December
EXERCISE
Hill Workouts with Karen Puopolo
Yoga from Yoga to Farms
PERFORMING AND FINE ARTS
Support and education for wood-carving artists with expert Justin Gordon every Wednesday (Justin is also offering Ballroom Dancing Classes!),
CHILDREN
Early Literacy and Art programming by Community Action Inc: Family Community Connection (FCC)
fine art classes for children with Bagnall art instructor, Sara Cassavaugh, fine art AND performing arts classes for all ages with Forged Muse Productions (ask about their academic tutoring workshops),
ADULTS
Veterans meetings with the American Legion by Dave Tuttle
For more about any of these programs, check out our events page. In addition to all of the organizers offering these great classes and groups, Veasey Park relies on the support and championship of Groveland residents like the chair of the Groveland Conservation Commission, Mike Dempsey; Claire Walsh of the Groveland Historic Society; Dianne of the Groveland Gardening Club and the MA Master Gardeners; the Friends of Veasey Park; and all of our wonderful volunteers! Through all of these, and the many sponsors and partnering businesses, projects to improve and sustain Veasey Park have been undertaken and maintained. Some of the Veasey Park projects receive CPA funding. For more about how Groveland residents determine the spending of CPA funds, see our CPA page or the official CPA page which highlights CPA projects here in Groveland. To see how much the state matched Groveland's contributions and on their projects, see the Massachusetts government page. Renovating Lucile's Cottage into safe, usable space, is a significant undertaking, but accessible art programming and studio space for artists will be beneficial to Groveland now and in the future.
For any questions related to the Lucile's Cottage project, please reach out to Vanessa Lopez, Director of Veasey Memorial Park, directly at vanessa@veaseypark.org.