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The 17th Street Merchants and Community Assn., a grass-roots group

lobbying against the proposed widening of the street, has launched a Web

site at o7 https://www.17thstreet.orgf7 .

The site features links, a copy of the group’s petition and notices of

upcoming meetings, among other bits of information.

The association is made up of business and property owners, and

residents who are trying to stop the city’s plans to widen East 17th

Street to six lanes, from Orange Avenue to Irvine Avenue.

The members are concerned that a six-lane highway could ruin the

unique character of the shopping district.