Local Rapid Recovery Program

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LOCAL RAPID RECOVERY PROGRAM

Following public meetings, input, and working with stakeholders ,In 2021, the City of Woburn and Woburn Redevelopment Authority (WRA) completed its participation in the Massachusetts Local Rapid Recovery Planning (LRRP) program.

Several participants took part in a survey of owners/ managers of business establishments located in the study area (core of Woburn Center), and the results were presented to the WRA. A video of the WRA’s meeting at which the presentation was given can be found here: LRRP Presentation Link.

More detailed information regarding the preliminary results of the Woburn Center Needs Assessment is contained in this PowerPoint file.

Input was received from numerous Woburn center businesses and stakeholders to develop a plan to meet local needs, inform future policy decisions and the development of potential projects to aid the Center’s long-term recovery.

Survey respondents rated the issues below as “important” to businesses:

  1.   100% – Implement Marketing Strategies for the Commercial District
  2.   99% –  Improve/Develop Public Spaces & Seating Areas
  3.   99% –  Change Public Parking Availability, Management or Policies
  4.   88% –  More Cultural Events/Activities to Bring People into the District
  5.   77% –  Renovate Storefront/Building Facades
  6.   77% –  Improve Safety and/or Cleanliness
  7.   77% –  More opportunities for Outdoor Dining & Selling
  8.   77% –  Recruitment Program to Attract Additional Businesses

You can read the City of Woburn’s final report here.

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