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In one town, recession helps bridge cultural rift The recession has hit Framingham, Mass., like an earthquake, shaking local businesses and thinning their numbers. But the town's merchants have found one silver lining in the economic calamity: It's forcing them to tackle a festering problem.

Reporter Emily Maltby went to Framingham - laptop, digital camera and video gear in hand - to see how one town's Main Street is holding up. Check out her story and hear how 9 shopkeepers are weathering the storm.

-Stacy Cowley
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Fortune Small Business

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