LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The inaugural Lanesborough Day will celebrate the small town and offer a chance for residents to get-together under the new pavilion.

 

Bill Laston Memorial Park will be filled with food, music, activities, and more on Saturday. The town hopes for a good turnout and that this will become an annual event.

 

Leading the effort is the Community Development Committee (formerly the Economic Development Committee) after the Select Board approved its rebrand earlier this year. Town Administrator Gina Dario took inspiration from gatherings in nearby communities and those of Lanesborough's past.

 

"When I joined the town back in February of last year, I heard that there had been previous events at Laston Field, sometimes the Fire Department would hold community barbecues, and then I had seen a couple of other towns including Dalton doing community days in the summer months," she said.

 

"It kind of sat with me for a little bit and then I thought, 'We've got Laston Park, we should really take advantage of it. COVID's passed, now is the time that we really want to bring people together,' but it didn't really sit with any one committee. There was no one that was going to lead it."

 

At the same time, the Economic Development Committee had gone dormant and Dario saw an opportunity.

 

"I proposed a sort of rebranding to it as a community development committee and one of its objectives would be to organize and deliver Lanesborough Day as what we hope will be an annual event," she said.