January
22,
2007
By Thor Jourgensen
/The Daily Item
North Shore legislators outline their health care goals
this Friday then meet January 30 to discuss local concerns
with Lynn business leaders.
The Harbor Community Health Alliance breakfast at the
Chelsea health center Friday at 8 a.m. is also a chance
for legislators to focus on youth health risks.
Chelsea and Revere youth activist Hector Morales and Revere
High School Power to Know member Leila Bucchino will speak.
Power to Know and Roca, the youth organization Morales
is involved in, focus their work in part on anti-substance
abuse efforts.
Lynn’s legislators are scheduled
to meet Tuesday, Jan. 30 in the Eastern Bank building
with city economic development officials and business
leaders.
Efforts to open up the South Harbor land for development
and the Blue Line extension project are two of the topics
the group plans to discuss at the 8 a.m. breakfast sponsored
by the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber members have helped push initiatives to relocate
waterfront power lines impeding development on South Harbor
and worked with legislators and the Lynn Business Partnership
to bring Boston-bound rapid transit service to Lynn.
State Rep. Douglas Petersen’s
goals for the 2007 legislative year include pushing for
a state plan to oversee long-term environmental sustainability
of buildings.
He said contemporary architects have
access to innumerable software design products that can
construct ‘what-if-scenarios’ allowing
builders, vendors, and consumers to design cleaner, more
energy-efficient structures.
Petersen has filed legislation to
create a division in the Executive Office of Environmental
Affairs and Energy establishing a ‘one-stop’, go-to point of entry
that would offer a complete overview of available building
products and methods to develop ‘green buildings.’
He has also filed bills promoting
clean and energy efficient vehicles, the Bottle Bill,
the Massachusetts Privacy Act, integrated pest management,
and a ‘green dot’ labeling
program.
According to the brothers, the family chose Lynn for its
economic prospects, and proximity to their East Boston
store.
They purchased the building at the corner of Blake and
Central Streets fro Scangas Realty Trust in January and
redeveloped it. The restored building features three retail
storefronts.
"I always wanted to do a really nice store and right
here I had the type of architecture - Art Deco - that I
needed," said Guerrero.
Within the redeveloped building, a new retail storefront
at 43 Central Square remains available for rent.
"I believe Central Square needs more retail and people
living there," he said. "We put retail in the
building because I realized there was a lack of business
in the area."
Guerrero said he hopes to find other entrepreneurs who
share his goal of revitalizing the downtown business district.
The store is open Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
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