Tag: Providence Redevelopment Agency
City Council gives final OK to amended ProvPort tax agreement
PROVIDENCE – The wave of criticism over the city’s tax agreement with its primary port operator appears to have calmed, with the City Council...
Providence Council postpones final approval on controversial ProvPort deals
PROVIDENCE – The new City Council postponed final decisions on tax and lease agreements with ProvPort Inc. on Thursday, opting to send the proposals...
Providence to demolish former Urban League building, redevelop property as ‘community...
PROVIDENCE – An Upper South Providence building that city preservationists had identified as culturally significant but "endangered" will be knocked down to make way...
City Council reverses course, approving contested ProvPort tax and lease agreements
PROVIDENCE – After previously postponing a decision on controversial tax and lease agreements with the city’s primary port operator, Providence officials reversed course and...
Votes on ProvPort tax exemption, lease postponed amid public opposition
PROVIDENCE – Community pleas to delay a decision on extending the city’s tax exemption and lease agreements with its primary port operator were granted...
Proposed ProvPort tax, lease agreement extensions advance despite public protest
PROVIDENCE – Controversial extensions to the tax and lease agreements with the operators of Providence's industrial port received preliminary approval from a city panel...
City Council gives final approval to $10M reparations budget
PROVIDENCE – A two-yearslong effort to bring racial reparations to Providence achieved a milestone Wednesday, with the City Council approving a $10 million budget...
Mayor, leaders open $5M Roger Williams Park Gateway Center
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined congressional and state leaders to open the Roger Williams Park Gateway Center on Monday.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated...
$8.5M Providence land bank program seeks to turn vacant lots into...
PROVIDENCE – The city is funneling $8.5 million into a new program to buy and redevelop vacant land into affordable housing.
City officials and housing...
PRA to buy Atlantic Mills complex
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Redevelopment Agency is set to acquire the Atlantic Mills complex in Olneyville, with the agency vowing to preserve the historic...
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