Rescuing The City's Back Streets

"In a land-starved city where property taxes are skyrocketing and developers are ever searching for new plots on which to build, the [industrial] businesses are slowly disappearing, forced out by rising costs and new waves of urban renewal. Inspired by the mayor's Main Streets program, which uses federal grants to revitalize stagnating neighborhood business districts, the new 'Back Streets' effort will initiate what the Menino administration is calling an aggressive campaign to connect with struggling industrial businesses and provide them with support tools such as relocation help - within the city - and low-cost financing for modernization and expansion."