Our view: Growing menu of Latinos big plus for region

Here is a community that is happy about the immigrants who have moved in. - - Donna Poisl

from Observer-Dispatch

A growing Dominican population in Utica could bode well for a city whose numbers have seen a steady decline in recent decades.

The challenge now is to foster an assimilation of the Dominican people into the regional diversity that can be woven into the fabric of our community. That means establishing a reciprocal plan between Dominicans and their adopted community, whose ancestors faced similar challenges.
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