Photo © Frank Mullin for PBN Today in the Providence Business News, Ted Nesi reports about… us. Ted interviewed me and people from Providence Daily Dose, RIFuture, and Anchor Rising for his story about Rhode...
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Jef NickersonVote Providence
Everyone loves a popularity contest, right? Well regardless, you can vote for Providence in Travel + Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities Poll.
Don’t let Houston beat us.
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...
Providence ranked #1….
in Forbes’ list of U.S. cities where it’s hardest to get by. Ummm, hooray? Apparently, using criteria including; unemployment rate, median income, and cost of living, Providence finds itself at the top of...
David RochaRI Monthly: Vital Signs
From Rhode Island Monthly | Photo: Jesse Burke Digital Rendering: Alan DiPetrillo Sitting waiting to get my hairz cut flipping through the March issue of Rhode Island Monthly I came across this little piece in the...
PBN Interview with Richard Florida
Ted Nesi has an interview in the PBN with Richard Florida on how Providence may be in a key position to thrive after this recession ends. Florida argues this recession is a “great reset,” which will change...
New stuff to read
Photo from WRNI Just when I had convinced myself that Ian Donnis’ blog on WRNI was some sort of urban legend, I stumble upon it. Ian and Scott McKay’s On Politics blog is still a work in progress (no...
It’s an honor just to be nominated
Doing my civic duty to go vote for the Dose, what do I find?
Oh Dose, it’s on!
It’s Rhode Island, vote early and vote often
On PBS: “Southside: The Fall and Rise of an Inner-City Neighborhood”
Roger Williams Public Housing Development, photo by Providence Housing Authority via Brown Media Relations I haven’t even got around to watching Pawtucket Rising yet and already there’s another local urban...
Learning From Others: Metro JAX
The Metro Jacksonville site is definitely worth a visit just to see an outstanding webpage devoted to a city’s urbanism. For a non-JAX resident, however, one the best reasons to visit the site is under the...
Bret Ancowitz“Then/Now:” Cool NYTimes Series
Speaking of the NYTimes, they have a great series looking at streetscape “befores” and “afters” called “Then/Now.” It’s a series of photos from 1978 compared with photos taken...
ProJo asks, ‘Hotel or parking lot?’
Daniel Barbarisi wrote a story in the Providence Journal last week about what is going on at the Hotel Sierra site on Washington Street. The developer, Joseph DiBattista tells Dan that the hotel is still on track, but...
In the News: Bradford Street
Providence Business News: Luxury condo tower plans draw ire The Providence City Council is scheduled to vote July 5 on a street abandonment that would make way for a luxury, high-security condominium tower rising above...
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...
Subterranean Homepage News
I was happy to finally meet Shelia Lennon of the ProJo Subterranean Homepage News Blog fame at the last Providence Geeks dinner. It was a pleasure finally speaking to her in person after trading messages and blog...
