Tag: West Broadway Neighborhood Association
BankRI awards more than $69K in grants to 20 groups
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded a total of $69,500 in grants to 20 organizations across the state, ranging from an organization that...
Development ordinance seeks to preserve Providence historic district
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new ordinance requiring property owners within the city’s Historic Overlay District to secure a...
Providence awards $200K in COVID-19 recovery grants to 9 arts organizations
PROVIDENCE – Nine city-based arts and culture organizations received $200,000 in total grants to help local artists continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Callahan named West Broadway Neighborhood Association’s permanent director
PROVIDENCE – The West Broadway Neighborhood Association’s interim director will stay on permanently.
The group that organizes individuals and businesses to promote the diverse, historic,...
Historic commercial building in Providence set for redevelopment
PROVIDENCE – A long-vacant industrial building on Westminster Street could be renovated soon under a development plan by Providence-based K&S Development LLC.
The building at...
Citizens Bank awards $165K in grants to 11 R.I. small businesses
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank awarded 11 Rhode Island small businesses a total of $165,000 in grants as part of its Small Business Recovery Program,...
Redevelopment of Citizens Bank Building site in Providence draws an appeal
PROVIDENCE – The proposed redevelopment of the historical Citizens Bank Building site in Providence is being challenged by a collection of nonprofits and community-development...
Redevelopment project for former Citizens Bank property criticized
PROVIDENCE – A proposal to build new apartments and convert a former bank building into a mixed-use property is getting criticism from its host...
Children’s Friend opens Center of Excellence at former Asa Messer School...
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit Children’s Friend has opened an early-childhood center in the city’s West End after a $6.2 million renovation of the former...
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...
