Recipe to reverse blight needs more seasoning

Providence planners are proposing what on its face is a creative response to blighted neighborhoods wrought by the foreclosure crisis. The city is offering $1 million in federal funding to attract developers with a plan to redevelop a downtrodden neighborhood of their choosing. With 145 homes in the city entering foreclosure so far this year,

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