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Canal Vitality Project: Community Planning Workshop #2
If you are interested in the new Canal Vitality Project in Lowell that has been in the news, join us for the second community planning workshop this Thursday, March 10, 5.30 to 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 110 Canal Street, in the Hamilton Canal District. Parking is…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: March 8, 2016
Election of City Auditor. Bryan Perry elected by 7 to 2 vote (with Councilors Mercier and Elliott voting for John Linnehan). Council then appoints for a three year period and to set the salary in accordance with an existing salary grid for administrators (approximately $96,000 per year). Report that gun…
Read More »Lydia and Craig: Next Gen Lowell
The following is by Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate brokerage and consulting firm. It is the latest in a series of articles written by Fred about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things. Lydia and Craig: Next…
Read More »Book Review: “The Rise and Fall of American Growth”
Blog reader Richard Pitkin recently read “The Rise and Fall of American Growth” by Robert Gordon (2016) and shares his observations with us: This is an important work that covers the fundamentals of the change in the American economy over approximately the last 170 years. In many ways this book…
Read More »@ Book Mill
All the writers, book-sellers, readers, and listeners at the Pollard Memorial Library’s Author Round-Up at Mill No. 5 had a top-notch time yesterday. I dare one city of Lowell’s size to come up with the writers line-up that Sean Thibodeau of the Pollard put together for readings from 12 noon…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: March 6, 2016
Kronos Comes to Lowell The big news in Lowell this week was the announcement on Monday that technology company Kronos will be moving from Chelmsford to Lowell to occupy an entire tower at Cross Point (See Kronos press release). Everyone has heard of Kronos, a technology company that makes software…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of February 29, 2016
The following real estate sales took place in Lowell last week: February 29, 2016 – Monday 82 Eleventh St Unit 82 for $195,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $106,600 107-109 Seventh Ave for $253,620. Prior sale in 2015 for $249,500 71 Clare St for $110,250. Prior sale 2015 foreclosure 52…
Read More »See you at Mill No. 5 TODAY
Please stop by Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street today between noon and 5 pm. The theme this month is PAPER and I’ll be there all day with a table for my two Lowell books and plenty of info about Lowell Walks. Paul Marion will be right beside me with…
Read More »Paul Marion remarks at Retirement Party
Last night several hundred people gathered at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center to honor co-blogger Paul Marion on his retirement from UMass Lowell. After a short speaking program that featured remarks from UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, Vice Chancellor of University Relations Patti McCafferty, and me – plus…
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