Construction of a distribution center at 1 Moshassuck Street is well underway, looming over closed Morley Field. Photo: Emily Smith
Distribution Center Development Near Morley Field Raises Environmental and Traffic Safety Concerns
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If you’re even passively following local Rhode Island news, you’ve heard about the closure of Morley Field, a community park in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Pawtucket that was chained up and closed to residents in 2022. That park on Moshassuck Street sits along the Providence [...]

07
Jan
What’s going on with Riverwalk?
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Providence Post on December 18, 2025. Copyright ppsri.org. Reprinted with permission. How the area may transform, the latest engagement meeting on the Providence Riverwalk Resilience Project Since the 1990s, the Riverwalk and Waterplace Park have become cultural [...]

19
Dec
Monica Huertas, executive director of the People’s Port Authority, points to Public Street’s access point to the water. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
South Providence Residents Alarmed Scrapyard Expansion Could Encroach on Their Only Public Coastal Access Point
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Signs that read “Air Quality Inequality Zone” and “Aire Limpo Para Todos” decorated Washington Park’s Community Library on Monday, November 24. More than 50 residents and city officials packed in between the bookshelves to discuss the latest development in the battle to make Public Street [...]

10
Dec
A photo from the November 18 presentation on Nine Neighborhood Fund. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Staff Behind Historic Central Providence Participatory Budget Fired Without Notice
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Editor’s Note: All Providence Eye interviews with former Central Providence Unidos staff in this article were conducted before notice of their termination. On Tuesday November 18, Central Providence Unidos (CPU) staff prepared to celebrate the completion of the largest participatory budgeting program in Rhode Island [...]

03
Dec
A sign advertising the new development of affordable housing at 322 Washington Street. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Complex Web of Regulators Track Providence’s Low-Income Housing
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On October 30, the city purchased a $1.7 million dollar plot on Washington Street for another affordable housing project. Every unit in the new development by Lincoln Avenue Communities will be income-restricted. Sixty-eight of the units are reserved for households earning between 60 and 80 [...]

26
Nov
A map of ProvPort and surrounding areas. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
ProvPort Community Benefits Fund Distribution Remains in Contention Almost Three Years Since Inception
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Three years after a city tax agreement dedicated at least $120,000 annually to a community benefits fund for projects in South Providence and Washington Park, residents are struggling to follow the money. Neighborhoods near the Port of Providence are calling for a more transparent and [...]

12
Nov
Four Providence Churches Launch Audacious Plan to Combat Homelessness by Providing Winter Warming Centers
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on November 06. Reprinted with permission. November 8, 2022: A corrections, with apologies: The Housing Department wanted to clarify that these churches are operating “warming centers,” not “warming shelters.” The difference is both semantic and legal. [...]

11
Nov
Discussion at the October 21 community meeting. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
ProvPort Master Planning Continues with Port Sustainability Fund Primed to Support Environmental Projects
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At the end of this year Providence will begin distributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to sustainability projects in South Providence neighborhoods afflicted by the contamination by industrial facilities in the Port of Providence. Community groups are hopeful the funds will support their fight against [...]

29
Oct
Butler Caregivers Raise Money and Volunteer to Restore the Blackstone Boulevard Park
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on October 19. Reprinted with permission. Two months after settling a contract with Care New England, and after enduring the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history, Butler Hospital caregivers represented by SEIU 1199 NE partnered with the Blackstone Parks Conservancy and the Providence [...]

27
Oct
Gloria, 3 years old, circa 1950, outside Baubee and Zaidee’s Orms St. home.
Remembering Providence: from lullabies to tea rooms
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At this uncertain moment in history, I find myself turning to a time long ago and recalling a young, Jewish girl growing up in Providence. An address on Mulberry Street, near our synagogue first comes to mind for me.  I loved the sound of that [...]

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Oct