Notice of Regular Meeting • Tuesday, June 16, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
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Greater City ProvidenceCity Plan Commission Meeting – May 19, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Tuesday, May 19, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development , 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Jef NickersonDowncity Design Review Committee – May 11, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, May 11, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Federal Hill/West End/Reservoir Providence Tomorrow Charrettes – May 4-7, 2009
Mayor & City Council Host Providence Tomorrow Neighborhood Charrette Weeklong workshops exploring West End, Federal Hill and Reservoir issues to begin Monday, May 4th at Federal Hill House Mayor David N. Cicilline...
You go Tim White!
I ♥ Tim White. I loved his report last night on Parks Department slackers. Now, as Bob McMahon pointed out, there are hard working parks employees out there who truly care about their jobs and the city, but I...
City Plan Commission – April 21, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Tuesday, April 21, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development , 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Capital Center Commission downsizes
View Larger Map The Providence Journal reports today on the reorganization of the Capital Center Commission. The Commission was founded after the river relocation project to guide development in the Capital Center...
Downcity Design Review Committee – April 13, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, April 13, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Rep. Segal reports on a couple bills up in the Assembly
Site of current Old Public Safety Building Memorial Parking Lot Over on the Dose, Rep. Segal highlights a couple interesting bills: Restoration of the historic tax credits, for projects with a lot of affordable housing...
Me no understand
So I (well, not I, it’s from the email list, not a personal message) get this email from the Mayor: Dear friends of Providence, Today I made a decision that will allow me to place all of my focus and energy on...
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting (03/09)
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING • MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 • 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development , 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
State of the City Address, and What’s Missing…
As many have likely already heard on the radio (WRNI has excellent coverage) or read in the ProJo’s reporting, the mayor set out a broad agenda (called “Operation Opportunity”) for spending of economic...
Bret AncowitzMayor’s “State of the City” Tonight
Tonight at 7 PM is Mayor Mayor David Cicilline’s “State of the City” address. It’s at the Rhode Island Convention Center, 5th floor Rotunda. Greater City Providence will be there. Does anyone...
New favorite Obama quote
In a question and answer session today in Ft. Myers, Florida, President Obama stated the following in response to a question about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus package: It’s imagining new...
Downcity Design Review Committee – February 9, 2009
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009, 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development , 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Meeting Minutes: January...
What taxpayers?
So looking at the ProJo this morning, this is what the homepage shows: There are SOOOOO many things I could say about these two headlines, but I’ll just say this: With unemployment at 10%, which taxpayers exactly...
Detroit (Bob Lutz, at Least) Hints at Need for Gas Tax
The blunt and effective Robert Lutz of General Motors, an executive who inspires both love (he’s a product genius and calls things as he sees them) and hate (he bluntly calls things as he sees them, even when...
The Advocate thinks he’s running
The Advocate in a story this month speculates that Mayor Cicilline may have his eyes on Smith Hill. The article states Cicilline is, “(w)idely considered one of the state’s most viable gubernatorial...
