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Providence Kickball League Signups

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The Providence Kickball League is getting ready for the 2008 season. If you’re interested in joining the fun, or you’re ready to get your team back on the roster, come by AS220 on May 10th at 4:30pm-6:00pm.
From the PKL website:
Required for Sign-ups
Team Manifesto:
This is easy. Most of you should expect this […]

GC:PVD Comments on proposed rezoning in the Waterfront District

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To: Councilman Seth Yurdin
Cc: Mayor David Cicilline
Cc: Planning Director Thomas Deller
Cc: Councilman Cliff Wood
I am writing on behalf of Greater City: Providence in regards to the petition being heard by the City Council Ordinance Committee on Monday, March 3rd to change the zoning of Lots 344 and 345 on Zoning […]

TOMORROW 02/27 Kennedy Plaza Placemaking Workshop

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If I read my emails I’d have known about this sooner, but here it is now, better late than never I suppose. I’ve called to get on the list to go, sounds interesting. Will post about it tomorrow or Thursday.
Project for Public Spaces

This is how people get killed by snowplows

Atwells Avenue, December 20, 2007. Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
This is my walk to work. The City came out yesterday and moved the snow/ice from the parking lane and piled it up on the sidewalk (a city owned sidewalk). So a week after the Storm of the Centurytm, I’m still walking in the street. […]

Cleanup tomorrow at Dexter Park

Friends of Dexter Training Ground will be having a park clean-up tomorrow at 9:00am

Photo by B. Sachs
Cleanup of Dexter Park!
This Saturday, July 7th from 9-11am we will be having a post-July 4th cleanup of Dexter Training Ground. We will be picking up litter, cleaning graffiti, and making note of anything that needs fixing or attention.
If […]

Public meetings on Waterfront Park winning design

Executive Office, City of Providence, Rhode Island
DAVID N. CICILLINE, MAYOR
Date: May 22nd, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Karen Southern, Press Secretary
(401) 421-2489 x 752
ksouthern@providenceri.com
PRESS RELEASE
WINNING DESIGN FOR PROVIDENCE’S NEW WATERFRONT PARKS THE FOCUS OF TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS
Mayor Cicilline invites the public to provide additional feedback as winning design moves closer to implementation

PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline […]

Enjoy the sun, plant trees!

Image by Gabriel Kim from stock.xchng.
Enjoy the sun, meet your neighbors, save the Earth!
The Providence Neighborhood Planting Program will be out again this weekend planting trees Saturday. After the gloom and deluges we’ve endured lately this is a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy what promises to be a beautiful weekend.
Times and locations:
TIME: […]

Graffiti Taskforce

Under the Exchange Street Bridge in Waterplace Park; Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
It’s that time of year again, it seems like every year around this time, Waterplace becomes covered in graffiti (as does much of the rest of the city). See my photos from this time last year on woneffe.com [some […]

Dexter Training Ground Park Cleanup Sunday, January. 7th

Photo by B. Sachs
Changed to Rain Date!
Where: Dexter Training Ground Park (meet near the playground)
When: This Saturday, January 6th Sunday, January 7th at 9:00am
What: Cleanup!
Friends of Dexter Training Ground will be taking advantage of the warmer than average weather to have a cleanup of Dexter Park this Sunday @ 9am.
Activities include litter pickup, graffiti cleanup, […]

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