Mayor Angel Taveras and Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda announced today that RISD will more than double its annual payments to the City of Providence. RISD will contribute $2.75 million over 11 years...
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ProJo: Providence mayor proposes borrowing $40 million to fix streets
Mayor Angel Taveras, who was warning that the city was close to bankruptcy four months ago, now wants to borrow $40 million to repave 62 miles of streets and make other infrastructure improvements.
Design Observer: Review and Essay – Rolling to a Stop
We’ve walked past them off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, on Market Street in Philadelphia, on Washington Street in Boston just one block from the Common. They edge crowded sidewalks beneath skyscrapers and atop...
ProJo: Providence Biltmore sells for $16 million, renovation planned
Finard Coventry Hotel Management said late Wednesday that it closed on its $16-million purchase of the historic Providence Biltmore, the landmark 292-room hotel downtown.
A $10 million renovation is planned.
WPRI: Taveras, retirees strike landmark deal
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has struck a landmark deal with city workers and retirees that could save the capital from bankruptcy by scaling back future pensions, freezing cost-of-living adjustments and restructuring...
GoLocalProv: House Passes Bill Stiffening Penalties for Leaving Scenes of Car Accidents
The House has passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Joy Hearn (D-Dist. 66, Barrington, East Providence) that would instill a mandatory suspension of an operator’s license in the instance that a driver is convicted of...
ProJo: R.I. Gov. Chafee proposes moving state offices into landmark ‘Superman building’ in Providence
Governor Chafee, as part of a package of budget amendments submitted to the legislature Thursday, proposes using part of this year's revenue windfall to fund the initial planning and engineering to evaluate moving state...
RINPR: Chafee in talks with Colin Kane to lead the EDC
Kane is currently the head of the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission.
PBN: Sportsman’s Inn sold; boutique hotel planned
The Sportsman’s Inn, a long-standing adult entertainment venue and hotel on Fountain Street, was sold Friday to a group of investors who intend to convert the four-story brick building into a boutique hotel, real...
Boston.com: Innovation fellows to get $300K for RI projects
Allan Tear, co-founder of Betaspring, an incubator program that helps high-tech entrepreneurs turn their ideas into companies, aims to create a “start-up revolution” in areas including art and design and...
The Providence Phoenix: At Kennedy Plaza, plans for rebirth
Officials have moved, with some success, to cut down on crime in recent years. And they have taken a few steps toward revitalization: a farmer’s market, a beer garden in the summer, repairs to the fountain in...
RI Future: Taveras Beheads Flanders; Chafee Should Give Him Haircut
Bob Flanders seemed to take a perverse pleasure in threatening other people’s livelihoods. But yesterday he was the one who got beheaded rather than getting a haircut when Providence Mayor Angel Taveras severed...
Boston.com: MBTA unveils 23 percent fare hike; limited service cuts also proposed
MBTA riders would pay an average of 23 percent more and most service cuts would be spared under a budget-balancing plan that will be announced this morning by the T, the state’s top transportation official said in...
PBN: Providence Chapter 9 “unavoidable”
Providence, Rhode Island’s capital and biggest city, probably will seek bankruptcy court protection to deal with a budget deficit, Robert Flanders, the state-appointed receiver for nearby Central Falls, said...
ecoRI News: New Launch Date for Single-Stream Recycling
The goal of single-stream recycling is to dramatically increase the volume of recycable items collected, thereby extending the life of the state landfill. The new sorting machines can bundle a variety of plastics, such...
PBN: I-195 commission focuses on the details
Faced with the seemingly daunting task of maximizing land use in the heart of Providence for the next generation, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission finds itself immersed in details concerning every inch of the...
Media Matters: STUDY: Media Missing The Mark On Gas Prices
A Media Matters analysis of print and television coverage of rising gasoline prices between January 1 and February 29 finds that news outlets often provided a shallow and shortsighted treatment of the issue. For...
Boston.com: New Balance details Brighton plans
Athletic shoe giant New Balance released detailed plans Wednesday for a new Brighton world headquarters that will include at least four new buildings with offices, restaurants, a hotel, and a sprawling sports complex...