Legends of Little Canada - Gargiulo, Charlie
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Charlie Gargiulo's memoir of growing up in a working-class family in Lowell, Mass., is a poignant story of heartaches and triumphs. He saw the Little Canada neighborhood he grew up in get demolished for urban renewal. When he was an adult, when the same plans of demolition and displacement were announced for the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, Charlie organized the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) to successfully prevent this and to then lead the renewal of that neighborhood for people of lower incomes including many immigrants. CBA continues as one of the most effective community development…mehr

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Charlie Gargiulo's memoir of growing up in a working-class family in Lowell, Mass., is a poignant story of heartaches and triumphs. He saw the Little Canada neighborhood he grew up in get demolished for urban renewal. When he was an adult, when the same plans of demolition and displacement were announced for the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, Charlie organized the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) to successfully prevent this and to then lead the renewal of that neighborhood for people of lower incomes including many immigrants. CBA continues as one of the most effective community development organizations in the state. Charlie's story is one of leadership, commitment, resilience, and vision to provide thriving and affordable neighborhoods. --Lew Finfer, Massachusetts Communities Action Network --Lew Finfer
Autorenporträt
Charlie Gargiulo's writing has appeared in The New Lowell Offering, Spare Change, Merrimack Valley Magazine, The Lowell Review, Atlantic Currents: Connecting Cork and Lowell, and Résonance journal at the University of Maine, Orono. He grew up in Dracut and Lowell, Mass., served in the military, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He founded the Coalition for a Better Acre, a nationally recognized community development group. The International Institute in Lowell honored him as one of the 100 most important leaders in Lowell who have worked on behalf of immigrants. He lives outside of Boston.