Under the direction of the Urban Land Institute’s Boston District Council, the Lawrence Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) convened in Lawrence in December, 2012, bringing together stakeholders, including City, business, and community leaders, and a panel of land use and development professionals to focus on the North Canal Historic District, specifically on the factors limiting commercial lease up. The panel was also asked to consider strategies the city could embrace to support revitalization in the district with limited resources. The report that follows summarizes the TAP recommendationsin ve chapters.