Tag: Jorge O. Elorza
Lawsuit filed over Hope Point Tower
PROVIDENCE – A lawsuit has been filed against the City Council of Providence, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission and developer Jason Fane that challenges...
Building Bridges raising funds for legal fees to appeal skyscraper zoning...
PROVIDENCE – Building Bridges Providence has been raising money to cover legal fees to appeal the City Council’s approval of a zoning change for...
Elorza lays out plans to foster economic equality in inaugural address
PROVIDENCE – Delivering his second inaugural address Monday, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza called upon the city’s most powerful institutions to help solve Providence’s economic...
Hope Point Tower to return to I-195 commission Wednesday
PROVIDENCE – The Fane Organization is moving forward quickly following the recent override of a mayoral veto that could have blocked its effort to...
New solar panel array will generate power for Johnston, Providence
JOHNSTON – Rhode Island added another notch on its list of solar energy farms recently when officials celebrated the opening of the 9,400-solar panel...
Will Elorza veto cost city in GA?
The dramatic city review of the Hope Point Tower development – capped Nov. 30 with a last-minute veto by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza –...
Do you agree with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s decision to...
Hope Point Tower, the 46-story, nearly 600-foot residential building that New York developer The Fane Organization wants to build on former Interstate 195 land...
Elorza signs sister-city agreement between Providence and Zhuhai, China
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined city officials, Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley and a delegation from Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic...
Mayor Elorza vetoes Hope Point Tower rezoning
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza vetoed a zoning change on Friday that would have allowed a New York developer to construct the city’s...
Kilmartin and others beat DOJ over rule blocking ‘sanctuary city’ law-enforcement...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and six other state attorneys general, as well as the District Attorney for New York City,...
