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- Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) - Great local calendar of events.
- Lowell Opera Company - Community opera.
- Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Local community orchestra.
- Lowell Poetry Network
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- Merrimack Repertory Theatre - A local theatre "presenting an exciting mix of contemporary and new plays in historic downtown Lowell."
- OUtlET - Paper and online 'zine making a splash locally with events in art, poetry, music, and everything in between!
- Revolving Museum Contemporary, local, public art space with a plethora of children's programs and art by and for the community.
- The Fine Print - Socially aware, themed, arts and issues periodic publication available throughout Lowell.
- The Image Theater - Theatre company which puts on all original works by local playwrights.
- Whistler House Museum - A great collection of contemporaries of Whistler at his historic birthplace.
December 2nd, 2006 at 10:39 am
This 20 to 1 return on public investment obviously does not include the cost of the now $28M parking garage. Since that has been called the linch-pin of the area development, it doesn’t seem appropriate that its cost is now forgotten in the payback analysis.
The Lowell tax base is severely limited in growth, and it would be unwise to let this valuable property become consumed with condos. There has to be incentives for the developers to attract major commercial ventures into this area. It is not clear that the incentives are directed in this manner.
December 3rd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Many thanks for the information and link to the PDF presentation. One significant factor in my husband and my decision to move to Lowell after our first visit in May 2005 was the excellent city planning document we found at the City of Lowell web site. Public/private partnerships have their +/- aspects, but strong public and not-for-profit institutions can provide anchors for significant private sector development. Think MIT/defense/128in the 1950s. Or, for Cambridge, think MIT/Polaroid. (Think Stanford/Silicon Valley which once was cheap land near a major, tax-exempt university.) One may quarrel with the defense et al link, but tax exempt MIT or, here in Boston, Mass General, bring many goods to a community.
A research center (Nanotechnology) would be a catalyst, resource and clear demonstration of public will/support for private, taxable enterprise.
But I digress. My real impetus in posting was to thank Mimi and all of the posters/responders here for helping us get a feel for our new home. (New home, we hope, by 12-31-2006!)
December 4th, 2006 at 11:34 am
J Dayne: just in time for the new year! Welcome to Lowell and thanks for spending time here!