Hanoverâs Town Manager Julia Griffin knew that the usual downtown holiday celebrations were not going to work this year.
Hanoverâs downtown is normally a destination during the holidays, with gingerbread-making workshops, live music, and other street celebrations.
While that means more business for shops and restaurants, itâs a problem this year with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, Griffin recently told the board of selectmen, she came up with a different type of holiday celebration.
âMy scheme was to turn downtown Hanover into a holiday lighting extravaganza with European market feel,â she said.
Griffin wants to attract walkers, shoppers and diners to engage with the businesses downtown in as safe a way as they can.