Call it serendipity — in Brown Professor Spencer Golub’s words — “a kind of
considered accident that usually takes more than one party… the right people
in the right place at the right time.”
For Golub it was the consortium that has developed between Brown and Trinity Repertory Company, with the likely addition of Rhode Island College and Rhode Island School of Design.
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But for Providence it goes much further than just the arts community. It is in a renewed demand for downtown housing, new developments, including hotels in and around Waterplace Park, and an effort to revitalize a downtrodden downtown core.
If anyone felt the Providence “renaissance” had stalled all they need to see is the renewed activity on so many fronts. We applaud them all.
This week in our Providence special section, and in our page four interview with Ron Gallo of the Rhode Island Foundation we discuss a number of these projects, while looking at the ambiance of an old neighborhood, Federal Hill.
That’s what Providence is about — the excitement of the arts and new developments
and Waterplace Park and the traditions and diversity of its neighborhoods.
Maybe most impressive in all these movements is that several organizations and
individuals have taken on leadership roles. They do so recognizing that if Providence
as a city is to continue to rise, the energy, creativity and imagination must
come from several areas — the academic and arts community, the development, non-profit
foundations and political communities.
We are excited about this new phase of development and new level of leadership in our capital city.
