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Senate Approves Bill Naming Roadway for Robert J. McKenna

NewportPatch

Government, Local Connections

April 26, 2012

A bill that would rename a portion of Fort Adams Drive after former Newport Mayor Robert J. McKenna was passed in the Senate today – April 26, 2012.

The Rhode Island Senate today passed legislation sponsored by President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva Weed to rename a portion of Fort Adams Drive in Newport after Newport Mayor Robert J. McKenna, who passed away on January 15.

A member of the Fort Adams Trust, McKenna was deeply involved in his hometown community of Newport. He served as the city’s Mayor from 1988 to 1994. He was a State Representative from 1969 to 1973, and a State Senator from 1974 to 1985. Read the rest of this entry »

1 in 5 Providence workers employed by tax-exempts like Brown

WPRI.com

Eyewitness News

February 9, 2012 at 6:00 am by Ted Nesi

Is Providence biting the hands that feed its residents?

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and his aides certainly don’t see it that way. But the seven tax-exempt institutions they’re targeting for a bigger contribution to Providence’s budget employ one in five workers there, making each of them one of its main employers, city documents show.

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Dormcubator 2011 End-of-Session Graduation

Please join AICU Rhode Island, RIBGHE and Cutler & Company for the

Dormcubator 2011 End-of-Session Graduation

Celebration & Student Presentations

Thursday, July 28, 2011

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

The Yena Presentation Center

Johnson & Wales University – Library Building

(corner of Dorrance & Webosset Streets)

111 Dorrance Street, Providence RI 02903

Dormcubator 2011 is a student engagement pilot program, which was born out of the bRIdge project, an AICU Rhode Island-led economic development initiative aimed at knowledge retention and attraction by better-connecting academics, business and community. The overarching goal of bRIdge is to change the narrative for college students to one that identifies Providence, and Rhode Island, as a viable post-graduate destination for the 80,000+ students who attend colleges and universities in our state annually.

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Mayor, governor take Md. executives on tour

From the June 21, 2011 edition

By Paul Grimaldi and Kate Bramson

Journal Staff Writers

PROVIDENCE — A pair of Maryland health-care executives were impressed Monday with efforts to rebuild the city’s old jewelry manufacturing district into a hive of technology company enterprises.

The two officials, Mark L. Wasserman and James L. Hughes, were in Providence to learn about efforts to capitalize on the relocation of Route 195, which is opening up a 35-acre swath of land through the heart of Providence. The pair met first with representatives of the state Economic Development Corporation before embarking on a nearly two-hour walking tour of the Jewelry District with Governor Chafee and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras.

Read the original Providence Journal article in its entirety:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/KNOWLEDGE_TOUR_06-21-11_JLOON60_v20.47719.html

Officials hail research effort to solve childhood health mysteries

HealthCanal.com
Credit: Mike Cohea/Brown University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — New parents sometimes seem like they have a thousand questions about what will affect their babies’ health for the rest of their lives. In Providence County as part of a huge national study, 1,000 babies will help provide the answers.

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Salve Students Help Aquidneck Island’s Community Gardens Flourish for Good Cause

he Middletown Patch
by Angela Lemire
May 13, 2011

Salve volunteers have pitched in to help cultivate the United Methodist Church Community Gardens in Middletown, which helps provide fresh produce to soup kitchens and flowers to nursing homes. Read the rest of this entry »

Shift in landscape architecture is apparent at Steel Yard in Providence

At industrial sites, the landscape shifts
Providence’s Steel Yard is a fine case in point

The Boston Globe

May 01, 2011|By Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent

PROVIDENCE — When we think of landscapes, we usually think of gardens and rivers, of lakes, forests, and mountains. We don’t normally think of abandoned factories.

Click here to read original article in its entirety at boston.com.

Three Providence Institutions Recognized as “Best Neighbors”

RISD among top-25, Brown University and Johnson and Wales University named to Honor Roll

In an announcement at the close of the 15th annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) the report “Saviors of Our Cities: A Survey of Best College and University Civic Partnerships” presented by Dr. Evan S. Dobelle, President of Westfield State College singled out three Providence institutions as “Best Neighbors”.

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Consultant delivers report on R.I. economy

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island may be facing tough economic times, but the state’s real estate assets hold promise for future development, a business consultant told the governor and his advisers Wednesday.

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