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Local small-business owner, faith leader and residents urge action on parking, reentry services and public-safety records
Summary
During public participation Michelle Ramos urged business parking permits for small storefronts; Anthony Janice pitched a 'Fresh Start' transitional housing and reentry program for people recently released from incarceration; other residents raised questions about tax abatements and a missing police report.
At the beginning of the Jan. 14 New Britain Common Council meeting several residents used the public-participation period to raise neighborhood and programmatic concerns.
Michelle Ramos, who said she opened a grocery store on Dec. 20 at 41 R Street, asked the council to consider a business parking permit or reserved curbspace to allow owners to serve customers without repeated ticketing. "I run a grocery store... we have no…
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