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Article: $6.1 million plan to improve downtown gets state funding
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2007
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GLOBE NORTHWEST 1 / READING
It took 10 years, dozens of meetings, and a healthy dose of
patience, but Reading residents soon will see construction begin on
a project designed to enhance their downtown streetscape.
State officials have agreed to fund the downtown improvement
project, a $6.1 million effort to restore portions of Reading's
heavily traveled Main Street. Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner said
the state has selected J. Marchese & Sons Inc. of Everett for the
job .
"It's a relief that we know it's going to happen," Hechenbleikner
said. "Any time we've talked with residents about the new downtown,
they are so excited about it [because] the project is hugely
important to the ...