Tag: Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Keeping the peace in Newport
Most Newport residents understand the city benefits from its international reputation as a tourist attraction.
But an increase in unregistered, short-term rental properties cropping up...
Woonsocket receives $25K Levitt AMP grant to host free concert series
WOONSOCKET – The city was named one of 15 small- to mid-sized towns and cities by the Los Angeles-based Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation...
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park to relocate HQ to I-295...
LINCOLN - The Interstate 295 Visitor Center in Lincoln will become the new headquarters for the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park — the...
Pawtucket leaders think they finally have a plan to jump-start development....
Years of promises and waiting for new economic opportunities have made some residents and business owners jaundiced about a Pawtucket turnaround.
If the so-called Ballpark...
New PawSox stadium win for city, state
To the Editor,
I am in favor of Senate Bills 990 and 989 and support Pawtucket’s responsible effort to construct a new stadium on its...
Eighteen months after the ‘Cooler & Warmer’ debacle, does R.I....
When Portsmouth-based Rail Explorers USA, which offers unusual tours on recumbent bicycles along abandoned rail lines, got some national press in late July, business...
Central Falls textile building named to National Register of Historic Places
CENTRAL FALLS – A rare example of a supply house for cotton, textile and silk mills of Rhode Island has joined the National Register...
Tourism funding frustration grows
The fiscal 2018 budget finally signed into law by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Aug. 3 again shifts tourism funding, and some regional council directors...
Five Questions With: Jillian Finkle
Jillian Finkle is the coordinator of the Broad Street Regeneration Initiative, which is a project tying together three communities in the Blackstone Valley: Pawtucket,...
Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival to take place...
PAWTUCKET - For the 18th year, Rhode Island will celebrate the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival Saturday Sept. 9 at...