Celebrating 10 years of conservation efforts in Lakeville

Celebrating 10 years of conservation efforts in Lakeville

Susan Galluzzo, at left, addresses the crowd Saturday, June 28, for the 10 year anniversary of the Lakeville Community Conservancy.

Patrick L. Sullivan

LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Community Conservancy (LCC) threw a party Saturday, June 28, at Bauer Park at Factory Pond in Lakeville.

LCC president Susan Galluzzo noted that in the organization’s 10-year history, this was its first event.

The occasion was the 10-year anniversary, which coincided with the installation of a new sign that provides the visitor with the history of Factory Pond.

For instance:

“Factory Pond is a relic of a colonial-era hydropower system that depended on a wooden water wheel to run machinery in the 1762 Salisbury Furnace, where pig iron mined in the vicinity was forged and refined. The furnace was a critical supplier of cannon and ammunition to patriot troops during the American Revolution.”

Galuzzo said the group was formed because Lakeville “needed a little attention.”

The group has created public parks, fixed up Community Field, and added plants in front of the post office, among other projects.

Galuzzo said the group created an infrastructure to make the village a more pleasant place for visitors to get out of their cars and explore – and support local businesses.

To cheers, Galuzzo said in its decade of existence the LCC has raised some $300,000, almost all of which went into the various projects.

“We have no staff,” she said.

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