Main South art installation latest in movement to spruce up business corridor
“I love Main South,” the large, colorful installation reads, with a heart symbolizing the word love.
The project was funded by a state grant awarded to the Regional Environmental Council in 2020.
The REC, a city nonprofit that works to increase access to healthy foods, partnered with multiple groups on the project, including the Main South Business Association.
“We want to put out the message, Together, we’re stronger,’” Laura Perez-Garcia, president of the association, said Tuesday.
Main South business leaders partner with state for business association
Perez-Garcia, owner of Voltage Fashion Boutique at 834 Main St., is one of several local business leaders who’ve partnered with the state to get a business association going.
BOSTON Representative Antonio Cabral secured some significant funding for New Bedford as the House unanimously passed its proposed $47.72 billion FY2022 budget on Thursday, and also saw the House unanimously pass his proposal to require the state’s sheriffs to report the finances of their agreements with ICE.
The language passed by the House requires the state’s county sheriffs and the Department of Corrections to report the costs, reimbursements, and expenses associated with their agreements with US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) every quarter beginning in October 2021.
“I have been fighting this fight because I believe deputizing prison officials to act as federal immigration agents is bad public policy,” Rep. Cabral (D-New Bedford) said in a press release. “It is ineffective, breaks down the relationship between the immigrant community and genuine law enforcement, and is costly to Massachusetts taxpayers who must cover the expense. This new reporting require
Barnstable is the Cape s Gateway City
Barnstable is one of the state’s 26 “Gateway Cities,” defined by the Legislature as mid-size urban centers that anchor regional economies, have underused assets and face ongoing social and economic challenges. It is the only community with this designation on Cape Cod.
The Transformative Development Initiative, or TDI, supports economic growth in core districts of these Gateway Cities, including the area around Main Street in Hyannis, said George Durante, the organization’s regional TDI fellow for Barnstable, Attleboro and Brockton.
“The idea is to take a very small geographic area,” he said, such as a five-minute walking radius, “and put as many resources as possible to mobilize as many stakeholders as possible, and really help to accelerate the revitalization of the neighborhood through the community’s vision.”