The BRA: MONEY (Part One in a Series)
Jul 09, 2008 12:27
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is the only urban renewal agency in America to take over the government of the city. Its activities and impacts are multifold and always increasing, yet it is an unknown story. Independence Day, in its 50th year of operation, is a fitting time to look at it -- as much as we can look at in this secretive black-box government.

My South End News column of July 3 is the first in a series about the BRA. This one is about the BRA's financial empire, and its devastating impact on the city's treasury and taxpayers. The next will address the BRA's impact on the regulation of the city's development.
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