Vote No On Urban Renewal · Digital Collections

Item sets: 20th Century Bangor, Maine; Urban Renewal in Bangor, Maine

Title: Vote No On Urban Renewal
Creator: Citizens Information Committee (Bangor, Me.)
Date: 1964
Description: Ask Yourself These Questions Before You Vote: 1. Do you want a $5,000,000 blitzkrieg for Bangor? With the demolition of 106 business buildings? 2. Do you want a government agency in control of a vast section of our downtown area? Or do you prefer civic improvement through private capital and initiative? 3. Are you willing to pay higher taxes if this project fails to replace existing businesses? The Wall Street Journal found that less than one third of the total area demolished by Urban Renewal has been put to productive use. 4. Why should we exchange what we have for promises of something that may not materialize? Expressions of interest and hopes for redevelopment are not guarantees ...
Subject: Activism--Maine--Bangor; Bangor (Me.)--History--20th Century; City planning--Maine--Bangor; Urban policy--Maine--Bangor; Urban renewal--Maine--Bangor
Type: Ephemera; Fliers (Ephemera)
Spatial Coverage: Bangor (Me.)
Temporal Coverage: Nineteen sixties; Twentieth century
Language: English
Is Part Of: Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Note: The Citizens Information Committee was formed in 1964 by a group of Bangor business owners who were opposed to downtown redevelopment plans. Their purpose was "to determine and to publicize all the facts about the proposed Downtown Urban Renewal Project ... to tell the voters of Bangor the other side of the Downtown Urban Renewal story."
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