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White Plains woos more and more young professionals

Kehaulani Kekoa, 31, of Tarrytown, has a drink

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Kehaulani Kekoa, 31, of Tarrytown, has a drink at the Brazen Fox in White Plains after running her Web design business from home all day. Mayor Tom Roach has focused a good portion of his first term on transforming downtown White Plains, specifically Mamaroneck Avenue, into a thriving community for young professionals. (Dec. 4, 2012)

White Plains politicians used to joke that once the sun set you could fire a cannonball down Mamaroneck Avenue -- the city's main downtown thoroughfare -- and not hit anyone.

But times definitely have changed. Westchester County's fourth-largest city, with a population of about 57,000, increasingly has become a magnet for young professionals from across the Hudson Valley region who see it...

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