Lowell hopes to put ‘Little Cambodia’ on the map

City officials in Lowell, MA have began to draw up plans in order to make the Lower Highlands neighborhood, a neighborhood with a dense Cambodian population, an official "Cambodia Town". With the city's Cambodian population now numbering near 20,000, making it the 2nd most Cambodian city in the United States behind Long Beach, CA. If these changes are put into place, the entire neighborhood would have a bit of a face lift, potentially making it look more authentically Cambodian. The city would put an archway much like the one in Chinatown at the entrance of the neighborhood, and there would be signs directing tourists there off the highway. Lowell is hoping to capitalize off of this large population who has played such a large roll in the recent development of the city into a thriving post-industrial city.

More information can be found at http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/15/lowell_hopes_to_put_little_cambodia_on_the_map/