Tag: Providence City Council
Providence City Council committee recommends rejecting Hope Point Tower zoning
PROVIDENCE — After nearly three hours of public comment, a City Council committee voted to recommend denial of a zoning change that would clear...
Hope Point Tower returns for public hearing at Providence City Hall
PROVIDENCE – The Hope Point Tower project is scheduled for a public hearing this afternoon at City Hall, before a committee that will recommend...
Matos honored with Lippitt Award
SABINA MATOS, who represents Ward 15 on the Providence City Council, was recently honored with the inaugural Fred Lippitt Award from the Woonasquatucket River...
Providence 2017 LLC seeks TSA to renovate industrial structure
PROVIDENCE – A limited liability company associated with The Hampshire Cos. LLC, a private real estate investment company, is seeking city tax incentives to...
Elorza approves $749M FY19 budget
PROVIDENCE - Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Monday finalized a $748.7 million fiscal year 2019 city budget that he said again has no tax...
Plan calls for former nursing home to be redeveloped into apartment...
PROVIDENCE – A former nursing home and an adjacent laundry building overlooking Dexter Field in the West End could be renovated and redeveloped into...
GA approves bill to reduce public park size in I-195 Redevelopment...
PROVIDENCE – Legislation that would reduce the size of a public park in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District was approved by the General Assembly...
Five Questions With: Thaddeus J. Jankowski Jr.
Thaddeus "Ted" J. Jankowski Jr., the new tax assessor for Providence, has a career in public administration spanning more than four decades. Most recently,...
New proposal would create tax increment financing district in Providence
PROVIDENCE – A new proposal that would create a tax increment financing district in several neighborhoods of the city, up to the edge of...
Providence residents divided on Fane’s Hope Point Tower
PROVIDENCE – Whether the city should have residential buildings as high as 600 feet was an undercurrent in the public comment section of the...