The Community Development Division will be gathering the input from these meetings and using it to shape future spending and project priorities and to update the City’s Consolidated Plan – which guides the city’s...
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Jef NickersonPBN: Regency Plaza owners plan new addition to apartment complex
Richard Lappin, co-owner of Regency Plaza LLC and president of Lisco Development, said the new building would be either five or six stories, but declined to go into more detail because of the early stage of the project.
Greater City ProvidenceNews & Notes
Biking boom without the infrastructure, parking in Boston, and more in today's News & Notes.
ProJo: Reviving Olneyville: Providence plan seeks overhaul of public housing
City launches private-public partnership to upgrade Olneyville's Manton Heights housing.
PBN: Cornish Associates to redevelop Kinsley Building into apartments
Preliminary plans for the Kinsley Building call for 44 apartments in the upper floors with shops and or restaurants at ground level.
Downtown Providence Living Tour – September 21, 2013
Downtown Providence Living Tour Showcases 9 Properties in the Heart of the City Offering an Up Close and Exclusive Look at the City’s Newest Developments, including the Arcade Providence and Providence G Get the...
News & Notes
Governor O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announces improvement to Marc train Red Line by Brian K. Slack at Baltimore, MD. Photo (cc) Maryland Gov Pics. The Baltimore Sun: O’Malley to announce $1.5...
PBN: Downtown vision tied to ‘Superman’?
Central to the argument for saving Providence’s Superman Building with public investment is a vision of the downtown economy driven by residents as much as office workers. It’s a vision that’s emerged over the last two...
Newsmakers: Housing crisis with Mayor Angel Taveras
Newsmakers 2/28: Housing crisis with Mayor Angel Taveras
2012 Rhode Island statewide ballot questions
Here are the statewide questions on the November 6th ballot.
Storified: Changing the perception of Downcity
[View the story “Changing the perception of Downcity” on Storify] Changing the perception of Downcity A commenter at last week’s Providence Preservation Society Symposium stated that Downcity...
ProvidenceG
The project to redevelop the Teste Block, old Providence Gas Building, and Narragansett Hotel Garage now has a website, ProvidenceG.com. The site currently is simply a placeholder with an email link for information...
Presumed Parking Lot-ification
For the past week or so, there has been a string of caution tape between two cones in front of a house on Cumberland St. Next door: a vacant lot, and next to that, a house that has had the same tape and some chain link...
Matthew CoolidgeTaveras Administration and City Council introduce vacant property registration ordinance
Image from Mayor Taveras’ Twitter A new ordinance introduced by City Councilors Matos and Principe and co-sponsored by the entire Council will require out of state banks and property owners to register their...
City Plan Commission Meeting, July 17
Notice of Regular Meeting Tuesday, July 17, 2012 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development 1st Floor Meeting Room 444 Westminster Street, Providence Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call Approval of minutes from...
PPS & CHNA to hold public meeting on 257 Thayer Street, July 16
Union Studio Design Proposal for 257 Thayer Street Public Meeting Next Monday – 257 Thayer Street Proposal In April, following a public meeting to discuss the 257 Thayer Street proposal, Councilman Sam Zurier...
City: Deadline for Providence Homeowners to Reapply for Homestead Tax Exemption Extended to April 6
Because of changes to the ordinance governing the City of Providence's homestead exemption, every Providence homeowner is required to reapply this year for the exemption. Due to the large number of applications still...
UPDATED: Graduate student housing apartment building proposed on Thayer Street
Update 06/22/2012: Union Studio Architects has updated the proposed 257 Thayer Street Building. PBN: Thayer Street apartment project redesigned “We worked hard to break the scale down into elements that were...
