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Overnight Parking coming to Summit

By Kerry Kohring
SNA board member

The city is unilaterally instituting overnight on-street parking throughout the city without the approval of residents or their elected representatives, the City Council.

According to the city’s web site, what began last year on the West End as a “pilot overnight parking program” will be expanded to all other parts of the city “through the spring and summer, neighborhood by neighborhood.” There is no specific timetable as yet for implementation in the Summit neighborhood, but when it comes, this is what will happen.

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Water flowing from supplemental pipes

Water has begun flowing through an above-ground system of pipes and hoses to a small segment of the Summit neighborhood in preparation for below-ground work on storm-sewer lines.

Crews from the contractor for the Narragansett Bay Commission have hooked flexible blue hoses from pipes along the street to the outside faucets of residences along portions of Overhill, Bayard, Eighth, Sarah and Brewster between Hope and Sarah. The workers then turned off the main intake valves inside the homes and water flowed into rather than out of the faucets, in effect providing free unmetered service.

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Business profile – Runners’ store moves into neighborhood

By Howie Gladstone
SNA board member

Rhode Runner, a store dedicated to supporting athletes on foot, has recently opened in the Summit Neighborhood.

Principal owners Bob Beschoff and his wife, Colleen, moved the business to 657 North Main St. from South Main Street, where it had been since 2001, to better serve customers on the East Side. It has a grand opening sale running through April 21.

Both Beschoffs have been involved with local road races and marathons, plus Bob has been a footwear developer with Brooks and now with New Balance. Their staff members all have extensive backgrounds in local events as well.

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Temporary water-supply pipes part of massive drain project

By Anthony Arrigo
SNA board member

The installation of temporary water-supply pipes above ground in the Summit neighborhood is one more example of the Narragansett Bay Commission’s (NBC) construction work on the Combined Sewer Overflow Program (CSOP), the affects of which will be felt for three to four more years.

The CSOP is a $500-million-plus project required to meet standards set by the 1972 U.S. Clean Water Act to reduce the overflow of sewage into regional waterways. Roughly 10 years ago, the NBC embarked on a comprehensive abatement program in exchange for a waiver from federal non-compliance fines, which could have been as much as $25,000 per day, per violation. The project is scheduled for completion in 2015.

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City announces yard debris pickup

The City of Providence Department of Public Works announced Tuesday, April 3, that yard debris pick up begins this week. Residents can bring yard debris to the curb with their regular recycling and trash. Loose debris must be bagged or contained in a yard clipping barrel. Sticks and trimmings must be cut to 4 feet or smaller and tied together. Yard debris may not be placed inside plastic bags.

Additional information about yard debris pick up can be found on line on Providencri.com, on the PDW page.

By SNA Admin, ago

7 elected to board at annual meeting, elected officials address constituents

The members of the Summit Neighborhood Association, at their annual meeting, elected seven new people to the organization’s board of directors and heard from the area’s elected officials.

Chosen Feb. 27 by a unanimous voice vote of about 60 people at Summit Commons, 99 Hillside Drive, were: Anthony Arrigo, a professor of English; Howie Gladstone, a retired office manager; Britt Page, a consultant in urban planning and economic development; Brad R. Pelletier, an attorney; Peter Sandby-Thomas, a political science professor; Thomas A. Schmeling, also a professor of political science; and Jennifer Trayner, a psychiatry resident.

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By SNA Admin, ago

SNA Annual Meeting is on Monday, February 27 at 7pm

Please join us for our Summit Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting, this coming Monday, February 27 at 7pm.  The meeting will be held in the main auditorium of  Summit Commons at 99 Hillside Drive.

While we do have some interesting items and speakers on the agenda for the evening, the most important item is you.  Please come share your thoughts, concerns and questions with us, and join the discussion on how to make Summit an even better place to live (if that’s possible!)..

We have confirmed the Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras will join us and address the room.  We will also have Summit’s own State Senator Rhoda Perry and Speaker-of-the-House Gordon Fox.  Also joining us will be Summit’s new Providence Police Lieutenant John Ryan, leaders from our Merchants Associations, and a special guest to lead a discussion on the potential of community gardening in Summit.

This is also the meeting where we elect a new Board of Directors for the organization.  Nominations will be accepted from the floor.  Get there on time, as this item is the first on the agenda!

We very much hope that you can join us for our biggest open meeting of the year.  (Of course, all board of directors meetings are open to the public, the third Monday of every month, 7pm at Summit Commons.)

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