Tag: downtown providence
PVDFest 2026 to feature longer hours, new events downtown
PROVIDENCE – PVDFest 2026 will feature longer hours and new events when the city’s signature festival takes over downtown next month, the city announced...
Smiley’s second-term vision: Building Providence’s next economy
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley entered City Hall in 2023 after serving as the city’s chief operating officer, promising a more efficient approach to...
‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’
On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
Banks doubling down on downtown branches
Bristol County Savings Bank cut the ribbon on its new full-service branch at 5 Exchange St. in downtown Providence in March, placing another community...
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...
Trinity Brewhouse reopens after extensive renovation
PROVIDENCE – Trinity Brewhouse officially reopened under new ownership last week after what co-owner Angel Winpenny said was months of extensive and in some...
City provides $3.75M spark for WaterFire; is it enough to keep...
The city of Providence is using a $3.75 million sale-leaseback deal to come to the financial rescue of the popular WaterFire Providence, and supporters...
‘You Belong Here’ wayfinding trail set to drop anchors in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Beginning in September, the Downtown Providence Park Network wants to prove "You Belong Here."
The public-private partnership announced Tuesday it is creating a...
‘There’s just no lunchtime crowd anymore’: Downtown Providence restaurateurs navigate post-COVID...
PROVIDENCE – Benjamin Sukle, owner and operator of Oberlin restaurant at 266 Westminster St., has seen many eateries come and go over the years...
Overwhelmed by debt, NicoBella’s in Providence to close: ‘I believed the...
PROVIDENCE – NicoBella's Family Restaurant is closing at the end of this month, swamped by post-pandemic debt after a decade of serving the downtown...
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