Economics
Ferguson Seeks Rapid Repairs to Avoid Fate of Riot-Torn Cities
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Commercial districts in Detroit, Newark and Washington were ravaged by civil unrest in the 1960s, leading to decades of economic stagnation. In Ferguson, Missouri, business owners are seeking to avert a similar fate.
Even as law enforcement struggles to restore order, merchants still assessing damage from arson and looting said they’re growing anxious over how long it will take to rebuild from unrest that followed a grand jury’s decision not to charge a white police officer who shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.