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Smiley makes first moves to boost city income from colleges, hospitals

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett Smiley is making good on his campaign promise to bring in more tax revenue from the universities and hospitals that...

Judge stops removal of Statehouse homeless encampment

PROVIDENCE – A homeless encampment outside the R.I. Statehouse can stay there, for now, a Providence County Superior Court justice said Friday. The temporary restraining...

State moves to establish homeless shelter at Cranston Street Armory

PROVIDENCE - In response to growing pressure on the state’s shelter and homeless support systems, the McKee administration announced Wednesday their intention to open...
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It’s perfect time to redevelop Armory

As Providence works to rebuild and recover from the pandemic, we are faced with an almost unheard-of problem: What do we spend all this...
THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE on Thursday is expected to review proposed changes to the state capital plan, recommended by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

House Finance to consider 5-year plan for capital improvements that assumes...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has asked the General Assembly to consider a revised package of capital improvements that takes into account what...

R.I. unveils 2 proposals for Cranston Street Armory

PROVIDENCE – Two proposals to restore and reopen the historic Cranston Street Armory were unveiled Tuesday by development teams hoping to form a public-private...
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT: Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Oscar Mejias, who is also a member of a steering committee guiding the state in determining how to best put the Cranston Street Armory, above, to use, says its reopening will have a significant impact on the surrounding community.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

RFP planned for historic armory

It looks out of place: a medieval-style castle of pale-yellow brick, towering over the modest houses and storefronts in Providence’s West End neighborhood. One of...

Cranston Street Armory RFI submissions due Jan. 25

PROVIDENCE – Have a proposal for reoccupying the Cranston Street Armory? The state has set a deadline on Friday for submission of nonbinding request for...

Five Questions With: Roberta Humble

Roberta Humble is the president of the Westerly Armory, and an authority on the state’s 18 surviving historical armories. Many of them are associated...

Cranston Street Armory’s future to be discussed in September

PROVIDENCE – The city-owned Cranston Street Armory can be adapted for multiple community-based purposes and modified to take greater advantage of nearby Dexter Park,...
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