Big ideas for better downtowns

Ashland revs up for rediscovery. Framingham aims for a renaissance. Holliston strolls. Marlborough seeks more culture.

Throughout the region, communities look for traditional and untraditional ways to keep shoppers and diners close to home.

The focus of Rediscover Ashland extends beyond downtown to include home-based businesses, those along routes 126 and 135, community organizations, the Warren Center and nonprofits.

“They all make Ashland better,’’ said Nadine Heaps, Rediscover’s chairwoman.
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