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Boston’s City Hall Plaza slated for a fun facelift

BOSTON – "Red Square," as Boston's brick-paved City Hall Plaza is widely known, is often described as a windswept eyesore. While the public's low regard for the expanse has long been known, local officials may finally be giving it makeover. Under a three-year deal with

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Boston unveils plan to foster small business growth

BOSTON – The first-ever comprehensive plan to help people start and grow smaller businesses in Boston was announced Wednesday by Mayor Marty Walsh. With 40,000 small companies in the city, the small business plan will act as a guide to support services and resources for entrepreneurs as they get established.

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Behind Boston’s innovation district obsession

BOSTON – The Hub certainly isn't the only city with a neighborhood set aside for new, innovative startups dubbed an "innovation district," but Boston has quickly garnered a reputation as a leading promoter of such enclaves. The economic capital of New England is simply obsessed with the

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Boston’s evolving face creates change in Southie

BOSTON – In an upstairs loft in South Boston, watercolor paintings line the walls of Dan McCole's studio and living space. His works depict scenes from the streets nearby and some of the locals who live there. McCole, who grew up just six blocks away, on East Broadway, on

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HUD mandates ‘affordable housing’ in affluent suburbs

(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration has started its push to expand low-income housing into "higher opportunity areas." The Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced a "landmark" settlement agreement with Baltimore County that will serve as a catalyst to "promote housing mobility"

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BRA wins 6 more years for urban renewal in Council vote

BOSTON – The Boston City Council approved a six-year extension of the Boston Redevelopment Authority's urban renewal tools to develop more than 3,000 acres of property in 14 different areas of the Hub. Councilors voted 10-3 on Wednesday in favor of the extension, which is four years less

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BRA woos City Council to extend development power

BOSTON – The Boston Redevelopment Authority's bid to retain for 10 more years the power to reshape entire neighborhoods took center stage at a four-hour City Council hearing Thursday. But the council stopped short of delivering the favorable vote sought be the agency to extend the life of its

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Baker welcomes China business delegation to Marlborough

BOSTON – A business delegation from a Shanghai industrial park plans to convert a big Marlborough building into a work space for dozens of Chinese companies setting up their U.S. headquarters. "They bought a building in Marlborough and they will bring about 35 companies over here," Nam Pham,