The two Rhode Island Cities of Pawtucket and Central Falls have partnered with The Pawtucket Foundation to champion a river corridor redevelopment initiative. Local businesses, property owners and the State of Rhode Island have teamed up, pooled resources and are working together to catalyze real estate development projects and infrastructure improvements to make the riverfront the centerpiece of revitalization efforts.
In wee-hours of Saturday morning, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a bill to speed the construction of a parking garage in Providence, but failed to provide funding for a proposed commuter rail station in...
Pawtucket and Central Falls are a step closer to having a commuter rail stop on the Providence - Boston MBTA line. Last night, at a public meeting hosted by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the...
Providence Business News reports on renewed efforts to redevelop the Pawtucket and Central Falls riverfronts.
Jef Nickerson
Greater City Providence
If you really want to grow Pawtucket and CF you have to do something about the water supply system there. By far, those communities have the absolute WORST drinking water quality.
Great, so long as it is smart development that is done in an ecologically benign and/or positive manner. Would love to see this riparian area rise again, with a clean river to frolic on!