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Chicopee businesses discuss downtown improvements, call for walking police patrol

masslive.com Aug 15 2013

Downtown business owners pushed for a stronger police presence in the city’s center during a regular meeting Thursday to discuss improvements and problems in the center. About 30 people, most of them small business owners, gathered with Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette and a number of department heads. They discussed a wide variety of issues including upcoming work on sidewalks and parking lot paving, a Halloween parade and plans to get cleaning crews on the city streets.
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1. I've seen the city deteriorate in front of my eyes.
2. If there is no security in downtown Chicopee, what we are talking about isn't going to happen.
3. I can't understand why we can't have a walking beat.
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- Chicopee
- Michael D. Bissonnette
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- Jeanette Deforge, The Republican
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