ANTHONY: WE GO FROM SOUTH KINGSTOWN, TO SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND A VERY PRETTY PART OF THE REGION THAT’S CALLED A FEW DIFFERENT NAMES, INCLUDING FARM COAST AND SOUTH COAST.
SHAYNA: WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH AND ITS VILLAGE OF PADANARAM ARE STANDOUTS.
♪ SHAYNA: WELCOME TO THE OTHER DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS’ OWN, BEAUTIFUL, EVEN IN OVERCAST WEATHER.
THIS QUIET TOWN’S VAST CONSERVATION LAND IS PERFECT FOR NATURE LOVERS, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS TINY DOWNTOWN IS WHERE IT’S AT.
THIS TINY VILLAGE IS THIS COASTAL TOWN’S BIGGEST KEPT SECRET.
>> SEVEN NEW BUSINESSES OPENED IN THIS VILLAGE.
IT IS LIKE THIS REHAB.
SHAYNA: SHE MANAGES THE BUSTLING MARKET IN PADANARAM VILLAGE.
>> 7:00 A.M. AND WE ARE BUSY.
WE ARE A MARKET CAFE, A COFFEE STORE, A BARISTA COUNTER.
WE HAVE BUTCHERING, FRESH PRODUCE WE GET FROM ALMOST ENTIRELY LOCAL FARMS AROUND HERE.
SHAYNA: THIS ROOM FUNCTIONS AS A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ROOM.
>> PEOPLE BRING THEIR COMPUTERS, MEET WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
THEY MIGHT STAY FOR THREE HOURS.
WE ARE THE COMMUNITY PLACE.
SHAYNA: DARTMOUTH’S EXTENSIVE COASTLINE DEFINES THE TOWN, SAYS MARK.
>> THIS TOWN HAS THREE ESTUARIES ENTIRELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THIS TOWN.
THIS RIVER EMPTIES INTO BUZZARDS BAY.
THIS PROVIDES MOST OF THE DRINKING WATER FOR THIS TOWN.
SHAYNA: MARK IS RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AN 82 ACRE PRESERVE OF FOREST, WETLANDS, AND SALTMARSH.
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE HOLES ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP, MOST OF IT VERY SHALLOW, LESS THAN 10 FEET.
SHAYNA: FROM THIS LOOKOUT, WE SEE OVER 400 ACRES UNDER RESERVATION, AND BARNEY’S JOY.
>> THIS AREA GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE DURING THE ERA OF THE RUM-RUNNER, THE BOATS WOULD COME HERE TO UNLOAD THEIR GOODS.
SHAYNA: NEXT STOP, U-MASS, DARTMOUTH.
>> 7000 STUDENTS WITH ABOUT 1600 GRADUATE STUDENTS.
SHAYNA: A DARTMOUTH UMASS ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR SAYS THE CAMPUS IS KNOWN FOR ITS BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY PAUL RUDOLPH.
>> IT IS DESIGNED TO BE POWERFUL WITH LARGE CONCRETE THINGS.
SHAYNA: INTERESTING LANDMARKS DOT THE CAMPUS INCLUDING THIS 4500 SEAT AMPHITHEATER.
>> THIS AMPHITHEATER HONORS VIETNAM VETERANS WHO ATTENDED THE COLLEGE AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR.
SHAYNA: LOOMING LARGE IS THE BELLTOWER.
>> IS 208 FEET TALL, 236 WITH THE ANTENNA.
IT RINGS 10 MINUTES LATE -- THAT IS HOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE 10 MINUTES LATE TO CLASS.
SHAYNA: WE END WITH SOMETHING SWEET AND OLD-FASHIONED.
>> IT IS IN THE SHAPE OF A MILK CAN.
SHAYNA: SINCE THE 1930’S, SALVADOR’S ICE CREAM HAS BEEN A LOCAL ICON.
MORE THAN A DECADE AGO THE OWNER BOUGHT THE OLD MILK CAN STAND JUMPED INTO THE BUSINESS IN HIS SPARE TIME.
>> I NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY FAMILY.
THEY WERE YOUNG AT THE TIME.
WE REBUILT THE BUILDING, THE COW BACK ON THE ROOF.
SHAYNA: HE AND HIS TEAM SELL MORE THAN 25 -- OF ICE CREAM FROM MAIN.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT BRING UP CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ON IT.
IT IS A NICE FAMILY PLACE.
ANTHONY: THAT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
I COULD GO FOR SOME ICE CREAM RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF HEAVIER PEOPLE IN PADANARAM VILLAGE THIS SUMMER.
BIG CHANGES.
SHAYNA: THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE VILLAGE TO THE TOWN IS FINALLY COMPLETE AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION AGAIN.
NOW THEY JUST NEED MORE PARKING OUT THERE.
[LAUGHTER] ANTHONY: IN ITS HEYDAY, BEVERLY WAS BIG STUFF.
>> IT WAS THE SUMMER WHITE