thomas dresser

I have worked at Town Manor Nursing & rehabilitation Center in Lawrence since 1988. My job is a nursing home administrator, and I take seriously the incumbent responsibilities.

Lawrence is a fine place to do business. The multicultural aspect of the city is inviting and inclusive. People are friendly or leave you alone. I have never been accosted walking down Essex Street or taking a stroll across town. I feel comfortable in Lawrence, whether talking with Senior Clerk Bob Poulin at the Registrar’s Office in City Hall, stopping by Action Press to check on some printing, joking with the clerks at the Post Office, or taking care of business with tellers at the bank.

Lawrence is a friendly, accessible city of 70,000. It is a pleasure to work here.

Lawrence has had an unsavory reputation. The horror stories of stolen car capital, drug zone and arson center may have been justified in parts of the city, but significant progress has been made controlling crime. A concerted effort has been made to reduce welfare fraud.

Lawrence is a melting pot that has accepted four major waves of immigrants in the last century and a half. The latest group of immigrants, Hispanic and Asian, is following a tradition of gradual assimilation into their adopted home. A walk down Broadway or Essex Street makes it clear that many nationalities are represented in Lawrence. There is a support-net in Lawrence which brings people together for the common good. I have worked at Town Manor Nursing & rehabilitation Center in Lawrence since 1988. My job is a nursing home administrator, and I take seriously the incumbent responsibilities.

Lawrence is a fine place to do business. The multicultural aspect of the city is inviting and inclusive. People are friendly or leave you alone. I have never been accosted walking down Essex Street or taking a stroll across town. I feel comfortable in Lawrence, whether talking with Senior Clerk Bob Poulin at the Registrar’s Office in City Hall, stopping by Action PRess to check on some printing, joking with the clerks at the Post Office, or taking care of business with tellers at the bank.

Lawrence is a friendly, accessible city of 70,000. It is a pleasure to work here.

Lawrence has had an unsavory reputation. The horror stories of stolen car capital, drug zone and arson center may have been justified in parts of the city, but significant progress has been made controlling crime. A concerted effort has been made to reduce welfare fraud.

Lawrence is a melting pot that has accepted four major waves of immigrants in the last century and a half. The latest group of immigrants, Hispanic and Asian, is following a tradition of gradual assimilation into their adopted home. A walk down Broadway or Essex Street makes it clear that many nationalities are represented in Lawrence. There is a support-net in Lawrence which brings people together for the common good.

As Lawrence celebrates its sesquicentennial, I pause to appreciate the struggles of the immigrant population in the Planned City. Lawrence was designed as a mill town on the Merrimack River; the circumstance of history brought immigrants to operate the mills. Lawrence became the Immigrant City. Now, with an eye to the future, Lawrence can plan ahead by celebrating the past and become an American City, proud of its heritage and excited about its future.

Thomas Dresser
Winter 1997 As Lawrence celebrates its sesquicentennial, I pause to appreciate the struggles of the immigrant population in the Planned City. Lawrence was designed as a mill town on the Merrimack River; the circumstance of history brought immigrants to operate the mills. Lawrence became the Immigrant City. Now, with an eye to the future, Lawrence can plan ahead by celebrating the past and become an American City, proud of its heritage and excited about its future.

Thomas Dresser
Winter 1997

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