Tag: West Broadway Neighborhood Association
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...
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...