North End Merchants Seek More Police, Cleaner Neighborhood

Business-owners in the Acushnet Avenue Commercial District feel they're being short-changed when it comes to city services.

That was one of the findings in a survey of 69 businesses in the North End carried out by the Public Policy Center at UMass Dartmouth and the Community Economic Development Center.

Graduate assistant Michael McCarthy says North End merchants have several concerns....

C-E-D-C will present the information to the Mayor and City Council, hoping to make a case for more financial help for the North End district.

The survey was paid for by the Garfield Foundation.