How To Attract Businesses To The Inner City

National experts offer Buffalo, NY, ideas for bringing businesses back to the inner city.

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May 3, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

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

"The blocking and tackling of government - improving schools, cleaning streets, and reducing crime - will attract more business investment to the inner city than a new convention center or any other 'magic bullet,' national experts told Buffalo area leaders...Bruce Katz, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., said cleaning up the city will also do more to attract business than handing out tax subsidies.""

Thanks to Dan Tasman

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Community / Economic Development New York

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