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FLOOD PROTECTION: Colin Kane, founding partner of Peregrine Group LLC in East Providence, says the Hammetts Hotel in Newport, pictured, had to be built 14 feet above the 100-year flood line. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Structural challenges can make waterfront development difficult endeavor in R.I.

Focus 03/18/2022

A proposed six-story, 52-room Riverview Hotel in Providence was abandoned after the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council denied a requested variance on a 0.28-acre...

ADVANCED PLANNING: Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr., managing principal of Cornish Associates LP, is co-chairman of a group called the Providence Resilience Partnership, which is looking at how to better understand and prepare the city for flood risk and secure federal funding for its priorities. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SURGE MENTALITY: Warning sounded about Providence’s widespread flood risks

Cover Story 05/14/2021

Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr. was 7 years old when Hurricane Carol ravaged Rhode Island, with a storm surge that submerged downtown Providence in 12...

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