From the exterior of 255 Westminster Street, you see the facade of the former Shepard's Department Store, once a bustling and thriving shopping experience. Look deep into the windows along the street now and you will see a world of...
Despite historically low unemployment, Providence is becoming unaffordable to more and more of its current residents.
72,767 – Total households. (US Census, 2022 Community Survey)
79,203– Total housing units. (US Census, 2022 Community Survey)
30,230 – Owner-occupied housing units. (US Census, 2022 Community...
In the last few years, if you visited a local health or community center for your Covid vaccine, spoke to someone who followed up with you after the visit,...
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I hope you'll be able to join us this Thursday afternoon for the first Save RIPTA rally & press conference where we'll be calling on Governor McKee to fund RIPTA so that we can prevent the fiscal cliff, raise wages for bus drivers, and start implementing the Transit Master Plan.
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The Cranston Street Armory, one of Rhode Island’s most iconic treasures, remains lost in a morass of politics and funding questions despite years of...
A new interactive data and mapping initiative from the Providence Streets Coalition (PSC) is now available to the public, giving both residents and officials a block-by-block visualization of every reported motor vehicle crash involving a person walking or bicycling since 2010. The interactive map pinpoints and...
By this summer, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will be facing a deficit of approximately $33 million. The severe cuts in service and employment...
