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Article: West River residents request preferred developer status for Route 34 project
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- February 13, 2007
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Leaders in the West River neighborhood are requesting a preferred
developer status in the city's plan to reclaim the Route 34
corridor.
The West River Neighborhood Association has been developing a
revitalization plan since the mid-1980s, and in the last 20 years
has had its hand in refurbished housing, creation of an investment
club, improvements to West River Memorial Park and renovations to
Barnard Elementary School.
The group also secured a Neighborhood Revitalization Zone
designation from the state and Board of Aldermen, and most recently
formed a partnership with the University of New Haven to foster
homegrown entrepreneurship.
It now operates under the name of the West River ...