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$30-Mil Neighborhood Revitalization Project Gets Underway

WORCESTER, MA-An initiative to revitalize the Main South neighborhood here moves forward as the developers prepare to clean up the property. The $30-million project, will ultimately involve 30 acres.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on December 13, 2001

WORCESTER, MA-The first phase of a $30-million project to develop a 30-acre parcel in the Main South neighborhood is underway as the Main South Community Development Corp. prepares to demolish a number of houses on the site and clean up the property.

According to Tom Sweeney, assistant economic development director for the city, Main South CDC has taken responsibility for cleaning up the site–which was once home to a number of industrial companies–but that was factored into the sale price of the property. Nearly 90% of the properties in the seven and a half acres of the project’s first phase have been acquired, with none taken by eminent domain.

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