Leaders of participatory budgeting initiatives in Central Providence and Pawtucket/Central Falls speak about progress made and next steps. CLICK TO READ MORE
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Discussion focuses on Sutton Place, Riverside Square, and plans for Center City Apartments in East Providence. CLICK TO READ MORE
ONE|NB’s Jennifer Hawkins supports RI’s housing bills but calls for increased funding to address the crisis CLICK TO READ MORE
Nearly 1,200 residents turn out to vote in state’s largest ever participatory budgeting initiative. CLICK TO READ MORE
A group of residents from Central Falls and Pawtucket, R.I., look through the details of projects area residents designed that could be funded through a participatory budgeting process. LISC photo Here’s what was funded, and how Rhode Island could adopt a participatory budget process in other areas of the state. By Alexa Gagosz The Boston Globe Last summer, residents of three Rhode Island cities were asked to figure out how to spend nearly $1.4 million. Teenagers as young as 13 were asked to participate, all the way up to to adults well into their 70s. Some live not far from...
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Valentina Gomez Lauren Greene Bonnie Nickerson For Immediate Release Download PDF of this release June 22, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI - ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB), Rhode Island’s leading community development corporation, announced the appointment of three new board members who each bring critical and unique expertise to the nonprofit’s board of directors. Bonnie Nickerson, Lauren Greene, and Valentina Gomez filled three vacancies on the ONE|NB board and bring a range of relevant professional and lived experience. ONE|NB’s board reflects the diversity of the community it serves. Additionally, at its June Annual Meeting, the Board elected its new officers, naming Lorraine Lalli...
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Over the course of the academic year, over 200 elementary school students join the D’Abate Community School (DCS) for after-school programming through the Brown/D’Abate partnership CLICK TO READ MORE
