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=== 21st century === Throughout the 21st century, Haverhill has undergone a substantial renaissance of many sorts. Housing trends, combined with a rezoning by the city led by longtime Mayor James Fiorentini and the use of Federal and State brownfield's money to clean up abandoned factories, resulted in the conversion of several abandoned factories in downtown into [[loft apartment]]s and [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]]s. There has been a total of $150 million in public and private investment in the old factory district area. Additionally, the Washington Street area gained new dining and entertainment spots, with federal, state and local funds contributing to removing an abandoned gas station on Granite Street. The site was cleaned up and converted into a 350-space parking garage. The city was also able to obtain federal, state and local money to put in a new boardwalk and boat docks in the downtown area aside the Merrimack River.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haverhill gets final $1.7 million for parking garage|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/local_news/haverhill-gets-final-million-for-parking-garage/article_f63e0246-b04f-5882-9f7a-b75e19707d26.html|last=Regan|first=Shawn|website=Eagle-Tribune|date=28 September 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> In recent years,{{When|date=January 2022}} the city completed a rezoning of downtown proposed by Mayor Fiorentini designed to encourage artist loft live work space and educational uses for the downtown area. Despite the city's efforts, old buildings remain vacant or underutilized, such as the former [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]] department store, which has been boarded up for over 40 years at the intersection of Main Street and Merrimack Street. The building was eventually purchased, with plans put into place to renovate and repurpose the site; however, this never actually happened.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Last historic items gone from Woolworth building|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/last-historic-items-gone-from-woolworth-building/article_36e35d2a-1083-54e7-8e69-05f7159d2774.html|last=Regan|first=Shawn|website=Eagle-Tribune|date=11 December 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> On March 19, 2015, the Woolworth building was demolished to make way for a $68 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=68000000|start_year=2015}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Woolworth's Gone; What You Never Knew About the Land|url=https://whav.net/2015/03/20/woolworths-gone-what-you-never-knew-about-the-land/|website=WHAV|date=20 March 2015|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> In 2018, it was announced that the mayor's administration was successful in acquiring $13 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=13000000|start_year=2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in state funding to go towards increasing pedestrian safety on North Avenue, a major northern route connecting the city to [[Plaistow, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=City secures money for North Avenue fix|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/city-secures-money-for-north-avenue-fix/article_fd9a11ed-1d2c-55f4-8104-b86cefbad4c8.html|last=LaBella|first=Mike|website=Eagle-Tribune|date=11 June 2018 |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
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