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The Implications And Development Of Telecommunications, Center For Economic Development
The Implications And Development Of Telecommunications, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandates that personal wireless companies develop their systems so that adequate service is provided to the public. Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 governs federal, state and local government oversight of siting of "personal wireless service" facilities (Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 1996). The FCC published a Fact Sheet in April of 1996 which summarizes the key provisions of section 704. The summary is as follows:
Local zoning authority over the placement, construction., and modification of personal wireless service facilities is maintained by the Act. However, zoning may not:
1. discriminate between different personal wireless …
Looking At Market Square: Toward A Development Concept For Chicopee Center, Center For Economic Development
Looking At Market Square: Toward A Development Concept For Chicopee Center, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This report presents a series of marketing and economic development strategies for the central business district in Chicopee Center known as the Market Square area. The City of Chicopee, along with the cities of Holyoke and Springfield, is part of the urban center of the Pioneer Valley region. Like many older industrial cities, and like many cities with a small downtown area, Chicopee finds its economic fortunes at an ebb. Although Chicopee is certainly not a city in distress, it is believed that steps should be taken to ensure that the Market Square area does not slip into serious decline. …
Industrial Lands Survey Worcester, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Industrial Lands Survey Worcester, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The purpose of this report is to provide the Worcester City Manager's Office of Planning and Community Development with an inventory of industrially zoned properties within the City's designated Economic Opportunity Areas (EOA): Southern District, Pullman Street, Greendale, and Northeast. This inventory includes a database consisting of property information for all four EOAs, as well as a more detailed analysis of the Main South Industrial Cluster of the Southern District EOA.
The first two chapters of the report provide a brief introduction to the City and the project, highlighting the economic history of Worcester and the region. As the region …