Mayor Carolyn Kirk has asked the U.S. Commerce Department, which had a team in Gloucester last month, to recapitalize the $1 million Fishermen's Loan Fund along with a suite of other investments to help the municipal "economy in transition."
The requests were contained in a letter she wrote to Joshua Barnes, a program analyst, who led the team from the Commece Department's Economic Development Administration to Gloucester and other major New England fishing ports in early May to assess the impact of fisheries policies and recommend counter measures.
Barnes promised to submit draft plans within two months, which, for Gloucester, would be July 4.
Meanwhile, Congressmen John Tierney and Barney Frank Thursday released a copy of a letter they sent to U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who chairs the Senate committee that will hold the confirmation of John Bryson to succeed Gary Locke as commerce secretary.
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