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The Alden LedgerAccount
Round loaves of crusty bread in paper at a bakery

The Ledger Podcast · S2 E2

Nine days to sign

A family bakery on Front Street had nine days to accept a 40 percent rent increase. What happened next, and what it says about the street.

33 min

Hosts
Mara Okafor and Daniel Reyes
Guest
Rosa DelgadoOwner, Delgado Bakery

Delgado Bakery had nine days to accept a 40 percent rent increase or leave the block it has occupied since 1993. Mara Okafor and Daniel Reyes talk to owner Rosa Delgado about the decision and what it says about Front Street.

Topics in this episode:

  • How the nine-day deadline was set
  • What the bakery decided, and why

Read the companion article, A family bakery, a rent increase, and a lease with nine days left.