Rescuing The City's Back Streets

Boston's mayor is planning a revitalization effort aimed at maintaining a diverse inner-city and keeping industrial manufacturers within the city limits.

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February 28, 2001, 11:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"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."

Thanks to Joshuah Mello

FULL STORY: Rescuing the city's back streets

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 in The Boston Globe

Community / Economic Development Massachusetts

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