On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Patrick Murphy, along with officials fromn the city’s Office of Economic Development, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, and Merrimack Valley Small Business Center joined sisters Deb Chicarello and Karen Philips at the Grand opening of their pet bakery/boutique Pawsitive Thoughts at the corner of Central and Jackson Streets.
Karen Philips and Deb Chicarello
This is their second location. The first is on Boston Road in Billerica. They bake homemade dog treats (aka “pawstries”) made from all natural ingredients and loved by their taste testers, Deb’s dog Nike and Karen’s dog Chloe.
Chloe and Nike
Treat time!
They also carry a variety of pet food products, toys, and apparel. For more information visit http://www.pawsitive thoughts.com.
Mayor Patrick Murphy presented the sisters with the following citation:
CITATION
Be it hereby known to all that
the City of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
hereby welcomes
PAWSITIVE THOUGHTS
and its owners
DEB CHICARELLO AND KAREN PHILIPS (and Nike and Chloe)
to its location at 219 Central St .
The City is honored that Deb and Karen have chosen to open a store in Downtown Lowell where all of our furry friends can stop in for toys, apparel, pawstries, or just to chew the elk antlers and make new friends.
We wish them many years of helping to keep our canine and feline citizens healthy and happy, while making downtown Lowell a more friendly and fun place to live, work and shop.
The entire City of Lowell extends its deepest wishes to Pawsitive Thoughts for many years of success.
Given this 26th day of November, 2013
Patrick Ó. Murphy
Mayor
Joseph Mendonca
Vice Chair
Rodney M. Elliott
Edward J. Kennedy, Jr.
John J. Leahy
Martin E. Lorrey
William F. Martin, Jr.
Rita M. Mercier
Vesna E. Nuon
Special order doggie meal for Thanksgiving. They are also offering a Christmas meal.
Room 50 