Tag: Brett P. Smiley
Brown University Health moving into former Hasbro building in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, formally Lifespan Corp., will consolidate its administrative offices at the former Hasbro Inc. office building in downtown Providence, the...
Smiley has proposal to help ‘Superman Building’ overhaul get past money...
More than a year after interior demolition and asbestos removal started at the Industrial Trust Co. Building in downtown Providence, the future of the...
Do you support former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr.’s plan...
Former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. is proposing a downtown beautification plan for the capital city.
The plan proposes street-by-street recommendations for improvements such...
Should Providence set a so-called consumption tax of 7% on the...
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley is proposing a 7% sales tax on commercial parking lots and garages.
Smiley estimates the tax could raise an estimated...
Parking tax might be on horizon in Providence
If Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley has his way, parking in private lots in the city could get a little more expensive as the...
Tread lightly with taxes on city visitors
Providence leaders have some tough decisions to make to close an estimated $14 million fiscal 2026 budget gap.
Mayor Brett P. Smiley has already warned...
Will Providence, North Providence lose tax dollars in wake of sale...
The sale of two cash-strapped Rhode Island medical centers is on track to be finalized in early 2025, but municipal leaders have raised concerns...
Report: Smiley mulling tax hike
PROVIDENCE – City residents should expect a tax hike next year, following a multimillion- dollar school-funding settlement with the state education department, according to...
Report: Mayor criticizes regulatory delays on pallet shelter community
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley is criticizing the regulatory delays that have kept a group of so-called "pallet shelters" from opening in the...
Providence opens outdoor ice rink at Kennedy Plaza
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley alongside city officials and actors from Trinity Repertory Company’s “A Christmas Carol” opened the city’s downtown outdoor ice...
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