Tag: Nirva LaFortune
Providence City Council approves $540M FY22 budget, adds WaterFire funding
Providence - The City Council gave the initial blessing to a nearly $540 million budget on Tuesday, despite criticism by some over the plan's...
Providence Finance Committee approves $540M FY22 budget
PROVIDENCE – A nearly $540 million spending plan for fiscal 2022 will now head to the Providence City Council after receiving the city Finance...
Providence City Council gives final approval to TSA reform
PROVIDENCE – After years of debate and failed attempts to reform the tax deals for Providence development projects, change is coming with the City...
Providence City Council gives first approval to revised TSA proposal
PROVIDENCE – Compromise legislation imposing wage standards for larger development projects that receive city tax breaks while exempting smaller-dollar projects received the initial green light...
Providence City Council calls for state to suspend evictions, foreclosures
PROVIDENCE – The City Council has introduced a resolution that would call on the state to suspend evictions and foreclosures until the COVID-19 crisis...
Doulas awarded funds through Providence’s Healthy Communities Office
PROVIDENCE – A number of doula groups in the city have been awarded money as part of a city program to support and expand...
PBN panelists: Companies need top-level commitment to break diversity, inclusion barriers
As the workforce in contemporary America changes rapidly, diversity and inclusion initiatives have taken on new dimensions, and more significance.
Now they mean more than...
5 Questions with Nirva LaFortune, Providence City Councilwoman
Nirva LaFortune | City Councilwoman, Providence
1. You’ve been named a winner in the national 2019 New Ideas Challenge of the NewDEAL organization for...
PBN summit: Diversity, inclusion go far beyond hiring practices
WARWICK – In the business world, diversity and inclusion mean more than simply hiring more people of color and women. It’s about creating pathways...
Newton, six organizations to be honored at PBN’s Diversity & Inclusion...
PROVIDENCE – Six organizations and one individual will be honored by Providence Business News at its second annual Diversity & Inclusion Summit & Awards...
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