PACKED WITH TOURS IN THE SUMMER.
IS GLOUCESTER HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION?
SOME RESIDENTS HOPE NOT.
>> BEACH LOVERS FLOCK TO GLOUCESTER IN THE SUMMER AND ITS PICTURESQUE STORES INSPIRE ARTISTS YEARS ROUND.
>> IT IS CUTE, QUAINT, THERE A LOT OF GALLERIES TO CHECK OUT, A VARIETY OF WORK WE HAVE ARTISTS THAT A BIT ON ROCKING AT THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
-- HAVE BEEN ON ROCKY THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
>> THE ROCK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOME TO ARTISTS.
IMAGINE GALLERY.
>> IS CALLED IMAGINE GALLERY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT CAN BE.
>> HER ART HAS EVOLVED.
SO HAS GLOUCESTER.
>> IT IS EVER-CHANGING SINCE FIRST DISCOVERED.
WE NEED TO APPRECIATE MORE THE BEAUTY AND SACREDNESS AND WHAT IS SPECIAL AND AUTHENTIC.
>> SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT GENTRIFICATION CHANGING THE GLOUCESTER SHE LOVES.
>> THE ADDITION OF THE WATERFRONT HOTEL GETS HER MIXED EMOTIONS.
>> I THINK THEY’VE DONE A NICE JOB OF IT PAID I WAS NOT A FOUND A BIT.
I’M STILL NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
-- I WAS NOT A FAN.
I’M STILL NOT SURE HOW I FEEL.
I TRY TO REMAIN OPEN-MINDED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE BENEFIT AND APPRECIATE IT.
>> SHE’S NOT ALONE.
AND MALLOY, NO RELATION TO BRENDA, WORRIES GLOUCESTER COULD GO THE WAY OF OTHER TRANSFORMED SEASIDE COMMUNITIES.
>> NANTUCKET IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
NANTUCKET WAS A FISHING TOWN, A WORKING WATERFRONT.
NOW IT IS FLIPPED OVER TO TOURISM COMPLETELY.
PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.
WHOLE VIBE IS COMPLETELY CHANGED.
IT WAS A LOT OF ARTISTS AND COOL FUNKY PEOPLE.
NOW IT IS EXTREME HE WEALTHY PEOPLE.
THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY MOVING INTO TOWN PEERED REVENUE HOTEL.
THERE CERTAINLY A LOT OF BIGGER HOUSES GOING UP THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
YOU CAN END UP WITH THE HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THE RICH AND THE PEOPLE THAT WAIT ON THEM AND NOTHING IN BETWEEN.
IT IS HARD FOR KIDS TO AFFORD HOUSES HERE NOW.
>> JERRY LIVES ON HERE.
CONSTRUCTION IS OBSTRUCTING HER WATERVIEW.
>>ORIGINALLY, I WAS NOT HAPPY.
I WAS LOSING MY VIEW.
HOWEVER, AS I STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT, I REALIZE IS PART OF THE GROWTH, IT IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.
I THINK IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE.
IF IT CAN BE DONE TASTEFULLY AND IN KEEPING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US, I THINK THAT’S FINE.
>> HER HOUSES ON THE MARKET AT A PRICE TAG OF A MILLION DOLLARS PLUS IN LINE WITH THE RISING REAL ESTATE MARKET THAT SEES AN AVERAGE LISTING PRICE OF A HOME IN GLOUCESTER AT MORE THAN
$600,000.
RENTALS RANGE FROM 800 TO $4000 PER MONTH.
THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $65,000.
THE MAYOR SAYS HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
>> A FERTILE HOUSING.
WE ARE WORKING ON -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE’RE WORKING ON IT BUT IT IS NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
>> THE MAYOR POINTS TO THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AS PROGRESS.
>> THEY’RE GOING TO BE 200 UNITS OF HOUSING, MIXED-USE.
40 UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT THE HIGHER END.
YOU CAN’T KEEP THE WORKFORCE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A FERTILE HOUSING.
>> -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> IF I WORK PART-TIME, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN GET BY.
>> HE’S IS A CLIENT OF OPEN-DOOR FOOD PANTRY SERVING THE CITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ON CAPE ANN.
>> BEING ABLE TO GET A FEW EXTRA GROCERIES ON THE SHORT BUDGET, THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP.
I WILL SAVE $50 TO SIX DOLLARS A GROCERIES A MONTH BECAUSE I’M ONLY ONE PERSON.
TO JUST BE ABLE TO DO THAT HELPS PAY THE ELECTRIC BILL AND PHONE BILL.
>> WE SERVE NEARLY 8000 PEOPLE OVER 3500 HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT INCLUDES ONE IN SIX GLOUCESTER RESIDENTS.
MORE AND MORE WE ARE SEEING THAT PEOPLE JUST ARE NOT MAKING THEIR WAGES THAT IT TAKES TO LIVE IN THE AREA.
YOU GIVE US A CRISIS AND WE RALLY AROUND ONE ANOTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
IT REALLY REFLECTS A COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR ITS OWN.
>> >> MCCARTHY AGREES.
EVERYBODY NEEDS A HELPING HAND.
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE READY TO HELP YOU, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
LATER WHEN YOU CAN AFFORD TO, YOU DO IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
THE BIGGEST THING IS TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE’S SPIRITS UP.
LET THEM KNOW THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
>> THE OPEN-DOOR RECENTLY PURCHASED THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR . IT PLANS TO CREATE A NUTRITION EDUCATION CENTER ALONG WITH A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN TO PROCESS
DONATED FOOD INTO HEALTHY MALES.
THOSE WILL THEN BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH ITS PANTRIES AND MOBILE MARKETS WHICH GO TO SCHOOLS AND SENIOR CENTERS.
JERRY WEINER LET US KNOW SHE SOLD HER HOUSE IN JULY FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN ASKING.