Main Street Preservation Trust — Local services in Gloucester Courthouse

The staff was cleaning with harsh chemicals in the middle of the shift. Then one staffer got up out of the floor and said that he would make my coffee. He started and I asked him, "don't you think you should wash your hands before making my coffee?" To which he replied, oh I wasn't really cleaning, to which I said, then why were you in the floor, I just dropped something. I suppose he thought I was blind and dumb. At any rate I told him to not touch the lid that goes on my coffee, and if he did I would demand a refund. He let me get my lid and put it on my coffee. The smell of the cleaning chemicals nearly over came me before I could run out of the door. Worst experience I have ever had in...

I remember when this was a run down shopping center that was renovated around the time the library moved in. I am starting to see very visible signs of decline - again. While it had looked better for a while this little shopping center has had it's share of endemic problems, almost , being a word that could describe it best. One of these endemic issues is parking: the spots are almost large enough, and there is almost enough space between the lanes; another is the feeling of being tidy, clean, polished, and in good repair - it ALMOST does. It could be so much it ALMOST is, it is so close, but something is keeping it from making it over the...

"The Courthouse" is an old-fashioned downtown, with artsy shops, local, gourmet restaurants, and wonderful street art, including a gorgeous wall mural of T.C. Walker and a series of metal horses, one of which "runs" when you push a button - lots of fun! My personal favorite places are: Art on Main (local artists), Yolanda's (high-end women's clothing), Olivia's (great food, home-town atmosphere), The Popcorn Bag (gourmet, multi-flavor popcorn), and the Gloucester Brewing Company (craft beer). There is a cute museum with local history, a tiny "pocket park" to rest your "dawgs," and... The annual Daffodil Festival. Go in the Spring...