Tag: Mayor Brett Smiley
Uncertainty and opportunity expressed at Economic Outlook Breakfast
WARWICK – Rhode Island business, educational and political leaders on Wednesday expressed caution on the region’s short-term economic prospects that was balanced by optimism...
‘WaterFire Day’ celebrates release of 2023 schedule
PROVIDENCE – City and state officials Wednesday welcomed the 2023 WaterFire schedule by designating April 19 as “WaterFire Day,” complete with an evening lighting.
Organized...
Providence, RIPTA to ramp up downtown law enforcement
PROVIDENCE- The city and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority announced a plan to reallocate $100,000 initially slated for private security toward increasing police...
City rescinds $150K contract amid review of racial reparations, ARPA budgets
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration has rescinded a $150,000 contract awarded to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society as Smiley undertakes a...
PVD Fest returning in September
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Wednesday that PVD Fest, the free annual outdoor arts festival, will be held Sept. 8-10.
Billed as the...
Moody’s upgrades Providence’s bond rating
PROVIDENCE – For the second time in four months, the city has received improved ratings from a credit agency, this time from Moody’s Investor...
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...