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...what's Fort Madison's secret? A healthy economy for one thing, with blue- and white-color jobs at Sheaffer pens, Dupont, Dial, Wabash National and a state prison. A sweet, leafy residential area within walking distance of downtown and the riverfront park, for another. And Fort Madison has the dumb luck of being too small to attract the kind of super discount stores that work like neutron bombs on downtowns, leaving the buildings standing but destroying all life forms...
...bodies will jointly run the park, with Cambridge using its resources to help improve the riverfront space...
...also said that managing growth in East Somerville is a challenge. She pointed to the recent debate over whether IKEA, a furniture store chain, should be allowed to construct a 'big box' type store near the Mystic riverfront as an example of the problem the city faces. The Mystic Task Force, a group advocating pedestrian-minded redevelopment, disapproves of the new construction...
SUBURBS Homeowners must wash cars less often and limit pesticide and herbicide use, all of which produce toxic runoff. Water-saving toilets can help maintain river levels. Owners of riverfront homes must eliminate antierosion bulkheads, which keep sand and debris from replenishing kelp beds that protect baby salmon...
...maybe the policy is in place because the administration fears our rather sedate Springfest will evolve into something like the Head of the Charles--an hysteria that rocks the Charles riverfront each October. But just six corporate sponsors--enough to have booked Wyclef for this years event--handing out free samples or distributing information from five by five-foot booths strategically placed on the perimeter of the MAC Quad would hardly detract from Springfest's grandeur...