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Harvard Man Becomes Mayor of Ghost Town on Mission of Revival

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02 Nov 2009 39 views
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Harvard Man Becomes Mayor of Ghost Town on Mission of Revival
A Harvard-educated man who moved to Braddock, Pa. in 2001 to work on an AmeriCorps project and ended up running for mayor four years later, strives to revive a town that once boasted 25 shoe stores, 14 jewelers, 51 barbers and 53 restaurants, but today has none.

A Harvard-educated man who moved to Braddock, Pa. in 2001 to work on an AmeriCorps project and ended up running for mayor four years later, strives to revive a town that once boasted 25 shoe stores, 14 jewelers, 51 barbers and 53 restaurants, but which today has none.

(Read the inspiring story in MSNBC)

Photo : The Mayor at the annual PopTech conference for social innovators Thursday in Maine, photo via PopTech

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