Community Groups Rally to Restore Main and Elm Streets Program Funding

Community activists from around the state gathered under the Rotunda of the Main Capitol today to urge the legislature and governor to restore funding for Main and Elm Street programs. Representative Robert Freeman (D-Northampton) spoke at the press conference and  said that the Main and Elm Street Programs offer a great deal back to communities that have been forgotten, for very little state money and added that to eliminate funding for programs designed to increase stability and economic development would be a “travesty.” Other representatives of community groups urged the Legislature to reconsider cutting funding for programs with a successful track record of revitalizing communities and enhancing tax revenues. Check the Capitol Tool Box later for more information.