Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University fears being "locked into" a 20-year development plan for Harvard Square, Whitlock explained. Federal urban renewal plans must be protected over at least a 20 year period...
Some local officials consider urban renewal a way to stop the University's expansion in Cambridge, Whitlock said...
...University could block Cambridge urban renewal plans by not allowing the City to use the approximately $10 million Harvard has spent improving its own land as an urban renewal tax credit...
Under the federal Urban Renewal Act, cities are allowed to consider university-spent land-improvement money as part of the 17 per cent city share of the Federal-State-City expense sharing plan. The federal government puts up 66 per cent of urban renewal costs, and the state the final 17 per cent...
Paul J. Frank, executive director of the Cambridge Advisory Committee, conceded yesterday that the $10 million tax credit was essential to any urban renewal in Harvard Square, and "no action can be taken without...