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Gateway City workshop spotlights asset-building as key growth strategy
June 28, 2010
Leaders from Gateway Cities, state agencies, and financial institutions assembled in Worcester on June 22nd to learn about innovative new opportunities to connect low-income families with wealth-building financial services.
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The art of saving a city - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe • July 26, 2010

PITTSFIELD — City of art, city of funk. The SoHo of the Berkshires, the Brooklyn of the Berkshires.

The sobriquets urban planners bestow upon this bygone manufacturing hub speak of their confidence that Pittsfield can become a center of culture and entertainment on par with Lenox and Stockbridge and Williamstown.

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July 23, 2010

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Public discussion about development on the Greenway is being polarized by “debate” over the height and shadow impact of one proposal for one Greenway site.

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