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From The New York Times [free registration required] comes an absolutely essential opinion piece that beautifully describes the link between downtown traffic and parking, arguing that, essentially, our curbside parking is too inexpensive.
Here is one of many memorable quotes: “Underpriced curb spaces are like rent-controlled apartments: hard to find and, […]
Archive for March, 2007
Cruising for parking
Published by Bret Ancowitz March 31st, 2007 in Media, Parking and Roads. 0 CommentsSave the Date: April 10th
Published by Jef Nickerson March 27th, 2007 in Events, Federal Hill, GC: Exchange and West Side. 0 Comments The next Greater City: Exchange meeting will be taking place Tuesday, April 10th (as always, the second Tuesday of the month). For details, check back here, or sign up for our Newsletter.
Upcoming Greater City: Exchanges will be on Tuesday, May 8th and Tuesday, June 12th.
Reminder: Comment on Interim Comprehensive Plan by March 31st April 10th May 1st!
Published by Jef Nickerson March 27th, 2007
in Action Alert, Government, Planning and Providence Tomorrow.
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Comments on the Interim Comprehensive Plan are due by March 31st April 10th May 1st. Take some time to login and read and comment on the plan. It’s long, make yourself a pot of coffee before you get into it. Public hearings will be held by the City Plan Commission on the April 11th and […]
2007 RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Pawtucket
Published by Jef Nickerson March 21st, 2007 in Downtowns, Environmentalism, Events, Other Cities, Other Organizations, Pawtucket, Preservation and Redevelopment. 0 CommentsPawtucket: what’s it like?… find out at the RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in PAWTUCKET on Saturday, April 14. The conference is a great chance to walk and talk Pawtucket all day long. Walking tours will stroll Downtown, the Exchange Street historic district, and Pawtucket hydroelectric facilities past, present, and future. Bus tours will visit […]
Providence Tomorrow: Washington Park & South Elmwood Neighborhood Charrettes
Published by Jef Nickerson March 8th, 2007 in Events, Government, Neighborhoods, Planning, Providence Tomorrow, Redevelopment, South Elmwood, Washington Park and Zoning. 0 CommentsImage from Google Maps, Providence Tomorrow logo from City of Providence.
The Providence Planning Department has announced the first in a series of neighborhood charrettes that will be taking place around the city as part of the Providence Tomorrow planning process.
The charrettes will be taking place at the Washington Park Community Center, 42 Jillson Street […]
We’ve set up a new page on the site where people can subscribe to our newsletter. The newsletters will be going out more or less monthly or when other updates are warranted.
If you have already sent an email asking to be added to our mailing list, or added your name to our mailing list at […]
Interim Comprehensive Plan Draft Released
Published by Jef Nickerson March 7th, 2007 in Events, Government, Planning, Providence Tomorrow and Zoning. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org, Providence Tomorrow logo from City of Providence
The latest step in the Providence Tomorrow process is the release of the Interim Comprehensive Plan. The plan is online with an interactive system for public comment. Public comment is open until March 30th at which point the planning department will be review […]
GC:PVD featured in Providence Business News
Published by Jef Nickerson March 6th, 2007 in Media. 0 CommentsDavid Ortiz from Providence Business News attended our last Greater City: Exchange and sat down with Bret and I to talk about GC:PVD, what we’re about, and what we hope to accomplish. The article [subscription required] appears in the this week’s Providence Business News.
A new advocacy organization was launched last week that aims to […]
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