The city of Lancaster in spent $11.5 million transforming its ugly five-lane boulevard into 'America's best main street' boosting the local economy by $280 million, according to the California Redevelopment Association. The nine-block street was once nothing more than a paved-over street lined by concrete buildings at the center of the Southern California city. In the late 2000s, Lancaster was struggling with housing shortages, an unemployment rate twice the national average and vacant stores.
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