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Bridge St grows up

We are back at full host capacity! Huzzah!

But someone wasn't able to fully turn off while vacationing due to seeing a logo that referenced Western Mass. Monte chats with Tim Convery of Tim-Scapes about his city designs including the one for "HAMP", and other inspirations.

Returning is hungry work, however, so we get a visit from Clarissa Lee-Madden of Grown Up Farm in Belchertown. Though this farm started out in mycology, it's branched out much more since it's origins and we get into what's good that's coming up from the ground right now, as well as some extra delicious ways to eat them from the personal chef herself.

And speaking of eating, we also visit Bridge Street School's Better World Picnic. This annual celebration is not just in honor of the end of the school year, but also of the rich diversity that the student body and their families represent.

Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.