Ms. Ellen M. Ganley

"For a lot of people, this is the Fourth of July tradition," said Ellen M. Ganley, special projects assistant at the city's Office of Economic Development.

"It is by far our biggest crowd ever," said Ellen Ganley, special projects assistant for the city.
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No other city tree has ever been graced with more lights, Ms. Ganley said.The lights are arranged meticulously and evenly throughout the branches.
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"They came by every day to check on the progress as the tree was being decorated," Ms. Ganley said.

While Jamieson is up there swaying to and fro, Ellen Ganley, the city's special projects assistant who is helping coordinate the event with the Hanover, will be on the sidewalk below doing her best to avoid dizziness.
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"They're going to be awesome, but I'm height phobic so watching them do that over concrete is going to give me an ulcer for sure," Ganley said.

The annual tournament, being held for the first time in Massachusetts, is expected to fill between 800 and 850 hotel rooms, according to Ellen M. Ganley, special projects assistant for the Office of Economic Development.
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"This tournament brings a great constituency because the players are at an age that their family still travels with them," Ms. Ganley said.
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The players and their fans will have plenty of free time during their stay and will be given welcome packets and coupons encouraging them to experience the city, Ms. Ganley said.

> "Originally our intention was twofold: We had vacant or underutilized windows in the downtown area and we were looking for a means of jazzing those up," said Ellen Ganley, special projects assistant for the city.
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"An unexpected bonus has been that a lot of them have actually sold a number of works," Ganley said."It is in fact serving as a true gallery, which is obviously a great benefit for the artists that participate."

That kind of thing gets around and there is now a waiting list of artists who are looking for an empty window to call their own."We'd like to stress, too, that if there are businesses in the downtown area that would be interested, we hope they would come forward," Ganley said.
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Ganley has been told that one reason the restaurant chain decided to locate in the Winsor Building was because of the colorful, engaging artwork that was on display there.

So the restaurant moved in and the Independent Artists Group moved out."We went to the Denholm building for a little bit and then we moved over here because this building is vacant and we needed more space," she said.
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"It's intended to be something people can do on their own when they have some free time - whether it's a lunch hour or whether they're here for the weekend and have some time to kill before a show or while they're waiting to get a table for dinner," Ganley said.But in the spring, the self-guided tours become docent-guided walks."We kick it off with docents from Preservation Worcester and it's kind of become a spring tradition," Ganley said.

The program extends the reach of local artists by catching the eye of the gallery shy.

"We have been able to showcase a lot of the local talent that we have and maybe bring it to folks who aren't necessarily inclined to walk through a gallery door," she said "They don't need to walk through a door.

Ellen GanleySpecial Projects AssistantExecutive Office of Economic Development508-799-1175ganleye@ci.worcester.ma.us

Ellen Ganley, Staff Administator, 508-799-1400, x241, ganleye@ci.worcester.ma.us

44 Front Street, Suite 530, Worcester, MA 01608 Phone: 508-799-1400 ext. 3 · Fax: 508 799-1524 · info@worcestermass.org

Ellen M. Ganley: Tel: 508-799-1175

Email: ganley@ci.worcester.ma.us.

Ellen M. Ganley: Tel: 508-799-1175

Email: ganley@ci.worcester.ma.us.

Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center on Cedar Lake

"In years past it was little more than a flip of a switch and a tree lighting with a little singing but we definitely have gone much bigger with a whole Festival of Lights that really celebrates arts and culture," Ellen Ganley, special projects assistant for the city, said.