CITY IS WRITING UTURE LEVERAGING CENTURYOLD HYDROELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURAL VITALITY TO ATTRACT CUTTINGEDGE MANUFACTURERS AND TRANSFORM PERCEPTIONS. Nestled between the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range, Holyoke offers visitors and residents an unexpected combination of urban vitality and natural resources. The city of approximately 38,000 holds a distinction few Americans know: it has the largest per capita Puerto Rican population of any city in the United States outside Puerto Rico itself, at 44.7%. This cultural 114 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 11
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