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Michelle Wu: “The number of in-person transactions at our businesses…”

Featuring: Michelle Wu, Democrat | Mayor of Boston | Massachusetts

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Michelle Wu hosts press conference with small business owners from across Boston

Published | Video Starts at 27:31

Last year last the full year, the last full year that we have data for in 2024. Our outer neighborhoods have seen huge growth in consumer spending. Last year compared to 2019, The number of in-person transactions at our businesses skyrocketed to 117% of what they were just five years ago. These numbers also show improve that what we do downtown in revitalizing our big businesses and the downtown areas of Boston also is directly connected to and feeds into what our neighborhood businesses are experiencing in and vice versa. (27:31–27:43)

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