ECONOMIC ENGINE: From left, Pawtucket Foundation Executive Director Aaron Hertzberg, Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien and city Planning Director Barney Heath at a 7.4-acre Division Street lot targeted for redevelopment. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
Editor’s note: This is the second in an occasional series looking at efforts to preserve and revitalize the state’s downtown areas. Swapping rusted, green steel for the colorful lights and Art Deco-shapes of Pawtucket’s new Interstate 95 Bridge has given city leaders a boost of confidence that other neglected parts of their riverfront can be…