Tag: West Broadway Neighborhood Association
Apartments sprout outside Providence’s downtown
For all the attention on how downtown office buildings are being converted to apartments, or the potential addition of a residential skyscraper, the most...
As investment boosts city neighborhoods, can developers avoid displacing the poor?
Twenty years ago, Jeffrey Kerkhoff opened a floral studio in a narrow backroom of an upholstery business on Broadway, on the west side of...
West Side house tour to focus on artists, live-work spaces
PROVIDENCE – The live-work space of artists will be the focus of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association house tour this year.Scheduled from 10 a.m....
Rhode Island Foundation awards $400K in community-building projects
PROVIDENCE - From shared gardens to playground expansion, 47 projects across 25 Rhode Island cities and towns are receiving a total $400,000 in grants...
Providence Zoning Board to hear appeal on approval of new mixed-use...
PROVIDENCE – The city’s Zoning Board of Review will take up an appeal on May 9 of the City Plan Commission approval this year...
West Broadway Neighborhood Association to host House Tour Oct. 7
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen houses and apartments on the West Side of Providence will be opened for public tours Oct. 7 as part of the...
Mixed use meets resistance in city’s West End
Historical districts are among the trickiest areas to build in the capital city, due to layers of requirements designed to protect the unique physical...
Cranston Street Armory to open for public tours during PVDFest
PROVIDENCE – The Cranston Street Armory, one of the most historical buildings in Rhode Island, will be opened for public tours on Sunday as...
Some of Providence’s poorest neighborhoods are attracting developers. Residents want a...
Doug Victor, a 32-year resident of the Elmwood neighborhood in South Providence, wants to encourage economic development there that will help create jobs and...
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