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NORWALK, Conn. – Nationwide, streets named after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have been “deliberately” neglected and allowed to fester as crime-ridden areas, former State Rep. Bruce Morris said Monday.
Norwalk’s MLK Drive is one of three in Connecticut now targeted by an initiative authorized by legislation Morris helped craft to support finding a redevelopment strategy and drawing investment to lift area residents from poverty.
The bill passed by the State legislature says that it will “promote secured and unsecured lending in designated corridors in the state.”  The Department of Banking has provided $100,000 and two banks have pledged at least $50,000, Morris said Tuesday.  The launch was announced Jan. 18 in Middletown. ....

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