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Thomas Breen
| May 20, 2024 9:07 am
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A former Fair Haven Heights fabric-coating chemical factory could become a mix of private studios occupied by artists, small business owners, and small-scale manufacturers — as well as a site for self-storage.
A key committee of alders endorsed a city budget with standalone housing code enforcement and parks departments, though with fewer positions than the mayor had wanted.
They also advanced a 3.49 percent rise in the mill rate, rather than the 3.98 percent increase the mayor had proposed.
The city’s latest clash of cars and beds took place at the dead end of Greenwich Avenue, where an alder sought to stop the creation of a single new apartment on the grounds that the street already has too many parked vehicles.