Tag: Brett P. Smiley
Do you support the proposed $25M Providence affordable housing bond that...
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley is backing a proposed $25M affordable housing bond that will appear on the November city ballot?
The mayor says it...
Providence transit hub process getting attention from candidates
For more than a decade, plans to move the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s central bus hub out of Kennedy Plaza in Providence have cycled...
Did state tourism leaders overhype economic benefits of this year’s nearby...
World Cup soccer fans have filled the PVD Fanzone located in Providence’s Station Park since it opened June 11. But spillover into nearby downtown...
Providence’s World Cup festivities begin with opening of PVD FanZone
PROVIDENCE – City and state leaders officially opened the PVD FanZone Thursday, kicking off a 39-day celebration of the world's biggest sporting event.
The free...
Providence breaks ground on $82M pre-K-8 school to replace Gilbert Stuart...
PROVIDENCE – State, city and school officials broke ground on a new Alfred Lima/Gilbert Stuart School, an $82 million project that will replace the...
Paolino’s downtown beautification proposal stalls out
When former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. proposed a sweeping plan to transform downtown Providence with trees, wider sidewalks and upgraded lighting, the...
Downtown vision needs leaders
Everyone loved former Mayor Joseph R. Paolino’s plan to give downtown Providence a makeover. The challenge, when it was first proposed in late 2024...
Providence to regain school district control July 1; mayor surprised by...
PROVIDENCE – The city's public school district will return to local control July 1, ending the state’s six-year control, Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced...
Report: Controversial mural removed from nightclub’s exterior
PROVIDENCE – A controversial mural that was partially painted on a downtown nightclub in March that began as a memorial for a slain Ukrainian...
Providence hoping revolving fund will pay for massive ‘decarbonization’ effort
Providence is working to figure out how to pay for its 2040 mandate to “decarbonize” about 130 municipal buildings through a series of retrofits,...
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