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Economic summit and business roundtable fosters
public-private partnerships
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BEDFORD — State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill and city
officials hung out an "open for business" sign on the
city Tuesday, making a pitch to create new
public-private partnerships to a group of bankers and
investors who control hundreds of millions of dollars to
do development deals.
Accentuating the positive and focusing on the city's
facilities, infrastructure, schools, work force and
geography, Mr. Cahill and city officials said they are
ready to work with any bank or investment group willing
to enter into partnership to bring jobs and development
to the city. [read
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Upper Acushnet workshop unveils boathouse, other
plans
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BEDFORD — Friday night and Saturday belonged to the
upper Acushnet River dreamers and true believers in an
old industrial neighborhood where pessimism about
economic development and revitalization have often
trumped bold initiatives.
Although small in number, those attending the New
Bedford Upper Harbor Community Visioning Workshop came
together for three hours Friday night and seven hours
Saturday to talk about opportunities they [read
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City woman leaves corporate America to manage
downtown boutique
 When
Celia Britto opened her boutique in the former Cherry
and Webb building in 2003, she had scouted locations at
the mall, surrounding towns and elsewhere in the city.
But it was the downtown area that she found was the most
attractive, the most interesting.
“I saw the effort to revitalize downtown produce real
possibilities”, said Celia. “With more and more
businesses sprouting along these streets, a vibrant
business community is taking hold.” [read
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International seafood buyers visit waterfront
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BEDFORD — A group of international fish buyers spent
Tuesday on the city's waterfront and then got a lesson
in the science of scallops — being told that marine
science led to "best practices" that increased scallop
harvests and protected the shellfish from becoming
overfished.
The European and Asian buyers came to the city from the
2008 International Boston Seafood Show and toured the
working scallop boat Pacer, which is operated by Fleet
fisheries, and were taken on tours of city fish [read
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Quest Center company partners with UMass
 “Small,
smart and powerful,” are a few of the adjectives UMass
Dartmouth Marine Science Professor Louis Goodman uses to
describe the new device he is building to gather data
from the ocean.
Goodman, recipient of a $40,000 Massachusetts Technology
Transfer Center grant, is collaborating with Brooke
Ocean Technology USA on the one-year project. They are
designing a prototype of the H-PUP (Hybrid Programmable
Underwater Profiler) with an eye towards its [read
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