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New Bedford's 'street parklets,' a boost to restaurants, done for season


NEW BEDFORD As you battened down the hatches and tried to locate that pesky snow shovel in preparation for this week’s snowstorm, you may have noticed things disappearing in front of some city restaurants. 
In September, New Bedford’s Department of City Planning  announced it would create “street parklets” which convert on-street parking spaces into areas for the public. 
The department used funding it received through the MassDOT Shared Streets & Spaces Grant Program to purchase the Jersey barriers, planters, Madeira wine barrels, and wooden platforms necessary to create eight parklets in the city. 
The parklets were used for dining, retail, and programming, allowing restaurants downtown and on Acushnet Avenue to establish outdoor dining spaces during a time when they had to limit indoor seating to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ....

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