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FIRST OF A KIND: Ten years ago, this South Kingstown house on Teal Drive was the first in Rhode Island to be constructed to the Fortified building standard developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in 2010. There are bills in the state Senate and House to make funding available for more homes to be “hardened” against extreme weather.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Fortified homes needed, but they’re not cheap

Focus 03/14/2025

The 2,400-square-foot clapboard-covered home overlooking Green Hill Pond in South Kingstown didn’t look particularly extraordinary among the other houses along Teal Drive when it...

Storms spur long-awaited action in Providence

Government 09/29/2023

The Providence Resilience Partnership has warned for years of the city’s widespread flood risk and the need for more flood protection, but it never...

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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