6/26/2023 0 Comments The Damned by L.A. Banks![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than cowering in a corner and licking its wounds, though, the city, led by dozens of elected officials, business, and community leaders, stepped up to take on the formidable task of turning Lawrence into one of those “resurgent cities” the Fed was discovering.Īnd what tremendous progress our city has made in 10 years. Just after the Fed released its report, back in February 2011, a tabloid-style sensationalist headline in Boston magazine famously labeled Lawrence the “ City of the Damned” for the financial, social, and political challenges it faced. It’s a lesson that leaders in the city of Lawrence, once one of the Commonwealth’s most troubled Gateway Cities, and now one of its most improved, have taken to heart. ![]()
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