The next Greater City: Exchange will be Tuesday, May 8th starting at 5:30pm at Jewel Cafe & Lounge, 15 Elbow Street in the Jewelry District. Please join us for open discussion about the city. Hors...
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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...
Bret discusses Transit 2020 on “The City”
This month Greater City Providence’s Vice President, Bret Ancowitz appears on The City, Mayor Cicilline’s cable access television show. Also appearing are Scott Wolf, Executive Director, Grow Smart RI and...
Jef Nickerson
Another successful GC: Exchange
Tuesday night we held our third GC: Exchange meeting at MoJoe’s Bar & Grill on Broadway. The evening was very informative and (I hope) a lot of fun for everyone there. I’d like to thank our special...
Westerly to Woonsocket in 10 minutes
Rhode Island needs one of these: This video is from France2 Television [Story in French] and shows the TGV train reaching a new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (fast enough to connect any two points in Rhode Island in...
Next GC: Exchange – Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The next Greater City: Exchange will be Tuesday, April 10th starting at 5:30pm at MoJoe’s Bar & Grill, 166 Broadway at Dean Street on Federal Hill. Please join us for open discussion about the city. Our...
Tree planting season is here
Photo by Kathryn Laferte for the Providence Neighborhood Tree Planting Program The Providence Neighborhood Tree Planting Program has upcoming tree planting events on April 14th and 21st: SATURDAY April 14th 8:15am:...
Graffiti Taskforce
Under the Exchange Street Bridge in Waterplace Park; Tuesday, March 27th, 2007. 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...
Cruising for parking
From The New York Times 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...
Bret Ancowitz
2007 Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Pawtucket
Pawtucket: 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...
Providence Tomorrow: Washington Park & South Elmwood Neighborhood Charrettes
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...
Interim Comprehensive Plan Draft Released
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...
Greater City Providence featured in Providence Business News
David Ortiz from Providence Business News attended our last Greater City: Exchange and sat down with Bret and I to talk about Greater City Providence, what we’re about, and what we hope to accomplish. The article...
Thanks for joining us at the GC: Exchange Launch!
Photo by Bret Ancowitz A big thank you to everyone who came to The GCP’s February 27th Launch meeting and helped make it a smashing success. We enjoyed meeting everyone and had a fantastic turnout, packing...
Next GC: Exchange – Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The next Greater City: Exchange Meeting will be Tuesday, March 13th at Jewel Cafe & Lounge, 15 Elbow Street in the Jewelry District. Last night’s Launch event went great. We would like to thank everyone that...
Greater City Exchange Launch – Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Please join Greater City Providence for the Launch of our monthly Greater City: Exchange meetings. The goal of the Greater City Exchange is to gather together people from across the city and around the region to...
