A GROUP OF NONPROFITS known as the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently requested that members of the General Assembly set aside $28 million in next fiscal year’s state budget for an affordable housing development on Taunton Avenue in East Providence. Leaders from the group, from left, ONE Neighborhood Builders Director Jennifer Hawkins, Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, Crossroads Rhode Island CEO Karen Santilli and Family Service of Rhode Island Chief Operating Officer Ben Weiner recently toured the proposed development site at 350 Taunton Ave. / COURTESY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS
EAST PROVIDENCE – A group of four nonprofits called the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently made requests to members of the General Assembly to set aside $28 million in the state budget to help with the development of affordable housing units on Taunton Avenue in East Providence. Leaders from the group, which includes the ONE Neighborhood…
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Waste of taxpayer money as evidenced by the inability of these non-profits to raise the money themselves.