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New England News
12:25 pm
Tue June 12, 2012

Neighborhood Transformation Project Seen As National Model

Credit WAMC
Two of the more than 350 security cameras installed as part of the extensive renovation of apartment buildings in the Upper Worthington District of Springfield, MA
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An inner city neighborhood once lost to blight and crime has undergone a transformation that officials believe could serve as a model  for the entire country.  The neighborhood revitalization  in Springfield Massachusetts required substantial public financing, without which officials insist it could not have happened.   WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports.

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