[Summit] Fw: News from South Providence — housing and hotels

[David Kolsky]

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: South Providence Neighorhood Assn <southprovneighbors at gmail.com>To: South Providence Neighorhood Assn <southprovneighbors at gmail.com>Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 12:14:51 PM ESTSubject: REMINDER => SPNA - UPCOMING ACTIVITIES (Dec/Jan)
 
Good afternoon neighbors!








REGULARMEETING – BARBARA JORDAN II & N4R – 12/17

Thenext regular meeting for SPNA will be held next Tuesday, December 17, from 6pm until8pm, at the Community Preparatory School located at the intersection of PrairieAvenue & Somerset Street. At this meeting representatives from Trinity Financial,one of the organizations that submitted a proposal to Rhode Island Housing forthe future development of the Barbara Jordan II housing, will be in attendance to meetour neighbors, introduce their company, discuss their potential plans for the development,& obtain a better understanding of our neighbors’ vision for Barbara JordanII & how its development may contribute to the advancement of ourneighborhood. Followingthat discussion SPNA will receive information & updates on the upcomingchanges & transition to Neighbors For Revitalization (N4R), of which SPNAis a supporting organization. N4R has & will continue to focus onabandoned, vacant & blighted residential properties in the Southside &West End of Providence for revitalization, & at this meeting neighbors willlearn more about opportunities for individual residents to participate infulfilling N4R’s focus in 2020.

 

SPECIALMEETING – HOTEL EXPRESS – 1/6/20

Back inMarch of 2017 SPNA participated in a community meeting, hosted by Councilor Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11), to discuss a proposal by owners of Hotel Express tobuild a 5-story, 91-room Holiday Inn Extended Stay hotel at 375 Pine Street.This location is the current site of a parking lot & a vacant building(formerly occupied by the Greater Providence YMCA), & the site is mostvisible at the corner of Pine & West Franklin Streets (also known as ServiceRoad #7). As it appears that Hotel Express is now prepared to move forwardwith their plans to construct this hotel in our neighborhood SPNA has acceptedCouncilor Harris’s invitation to host a Special Meeting to continue that communitydiscussion so that our neighbors may obtain additional information &details about the potential development, provide additional feedback & addressconcerns about impacts to our neighborhood, & collect/answer additionalquestions. The meeting will be held on Monday, January 6th, 2020, from 6pmuntil 8pm, at a location to be determined & announced by the end of thismonth. We urged all residents who live within that vicinity to reserve thisdate/time in your calendars & do your utmost best to attend this meeting.

 

SPNA Regular Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month,& for the month of January in 2020 that meeting will be held on Tuesday, January21st in which representatives from the Providence Coalition of NeighborhoodAssociations will meet with our neighbors again as a follow up on their priorask of SPNA to join their coalition (May 2019 Regular Meeting), along with representativesfrom the Washington Park Association (WPA) & Save the Bay to meet ourneighbors to discuss their concerns & present their ideas to address environmental issuesat the Port of Providence, with an ask for SPNA to join them in such efforts.

 

As indicated above, SPNA also holds Special Meetings toaccommodate other topics & additional meeting requests that cannot be heldin our regular meetings. In addition to the meeting on Monday, January 6th SPNAwill hold another Special Meeting on Wednesday, January 29th so thatrepresentatives from the City of Providence may meet our neighbors to collectfeedback to include in the City’s 5-Year Consolidated Plan to the U.S.Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), as well as learn moreabout funding opportunities through the Ely Grant which is managed by the City’sDepartment of Arts, Culture & Tourism (ACT) and the Partnership forProvidence Parks.

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Please feel free to contact us by phone at (401) 369-1334 or byemail if you have any additional questions. You may also invite and share thiscommunication with other neighbors interested in these activities and/or wantto learn more about SPNA.

 

Best Regards,




 

Dwayne Keys

South Providence Neighborhood Association (SPNA)



  
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