Here’s an invitation from our friendly City Forester.
Please join City Forester Doug Still on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 from 7:00-8:30 pm as he presents the results of the 2006 street tree inventory.
Where
Brown University, MacMillan Hall, room 115. Located at the corner of George and Thayer Streets, enter from Manning Walk. (more…)
John Smithers and neighbors near the former Hillside Health Center continue to monitor the bankruptcy court process that will determine whether and when the facility can be sold and re-developed.
This week John spoke with Attorney Rick Land of the receiver, Winograd, Shine & Zacks, P.C. and learned the following:
1) The Hillside Center has not been sold;More…
2) The unconditional offer (no use specified) from Davenport is the offer that is presently before the Court;
a) The original Davenport bid was for 3.2 million dollars, it was never acted upon because of the Suburban Mortgage issue;
3) Davenport and other bidders do not have to indicate their intended use, if zoning variances are required for their proposed business model then they are required to go before the Zoning Board for those variances, this would typically occur AFTER the sale (thus the “unconditional” bids);
a) Previously other Nursing Home operators were interested but one cannot speculate as to their current level of interest nor their desire to compete with the Davenport bid;
4) Instead of the Hearing scheduled for May 1st the Judge will hold a Conference with the Receiver (Winograd, Shine & Zacks, P.C.);
a) During which the Judge will hear the Receiver’s recommendation to solicit bids for the property;
b) Attorney Land suspects this will result in an auction type setting at a later date where all bidders will openly compete for acquisition of the property;
John will speak with Attorney Land on May 2nd to learn the outcomes of the Conference and provide an update.
Miriam Hospital has moved the date of the neighborhood Parking Meeting (see below) to April 19 to avoid conflicts with public meetings on the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
The hospital has provided this schedule of upcoming events:
Landscaping Meeting
Tuesday, April 17th 6:30-8:30pm in the Fain Building second floor Lecture Hall.
This meeting is being held solely to discuss the landscaping that will accompany the completion of the new Clinical Services Building.
Please call 401 793 4040 to RSVP your attendance at this meeting.
Neighborhood Parking Meeting
Please join us on April 19th at 6:30pm at the Rochambeau Library Community Room to discuss issues related to parking. The Miriam Hospital has hired Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc as parking consultants to help us plan for our future parking needs in an effort to reduce hospital parking that affects the neighborhood.
Representatives from the firm of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) will lead this meeting. Members of The Miriam Hospital Parking Committee will also be present.
Neighborhood Tree Planting
Our newest and leafiest members of the neighborhood will be planted on Friday, April 27th. New trees are being placed on sections of Third, Seventh and Eighth Streets beginning at 9am on that Friday. Please call Monica Anderson @ 401 793 4040 if you are available to lend a helping hand!
Questions or comments?
Please call the Miriam Hospital Neighborhood Hotline at 401 793 4040 or email us at tmhneighbors@lifespan.org
Miriam Hospital has invited residents to a meeting on parking issues on Thursday, April 12 at 6:30 in the Fain Building on Fifth St (2nd floor lecture room). The meeting is part of a traffic study being conducted by consultants as a condition of Miriam’s approved master plan.
Officials from the Providence Police and the Providence Department of Planning and Development will be there as well.
Miriam treated more than 100,000 patients, including inpatients, emergency room visitors and outpatients in 2005, all but a very few arriving by car. A staff of more than 2,200, plus 800 or more affiliated doctors, must also come and go. With the current expansion and created a planned future growth in emergency room capacity, we can expect hospital parking needs to increase in the years ahead.
The Summit Neighborhood Association checked-in recently with Lt. Sciavulli of our Community Police Station—District 8 to learn if there were any trends or recent concerns for which we should be alert.
Following the [despicable] tire slashing at the end of December, crime appears to have moderated in January in sub-district 8-3 (largely the Summit area) with two exceptions: There were three robberies. Two of these robberies were at the Hess gas station, allegedly by the same person. This person was arrested. Additionally there were 10 larcenies from motor vehicles (these occur on the street and in driveways) as pocket-change and electronic devices out in the open entice the criminals.
Here is the Providence Police crime report for Subdistrict 8-3 for January 1 through January 28: (more…)
The Providence Public Library has filed for a zoning variance from the Providence Zoning Board of Review to permit a 14 foot-long by 18-inch high sign to be placed outside the glass of the new wing at the level of the second floor. The sign would thank a PPL donor for a very large gift made during the last year.
Reflecting almost universal neighbor dismay with this very large and intrusive new sign, SNA strongly opposes the variance as an extension of the commercial character of Hope Street into the residential neighborhood. The request will be heard by the Zoning Board on Dec. 12. However, we hope that the Library will work with our community to find an acceptable alternative way to thank this generous donor at a meeting on Dec. 6. (more…)
The American Story Theater will present a free evening of stories from our neighbor and well-known storyteller Mark Binder and his colleague Carolyn Martino at 7PM on Thursday, December 21 at the Rochambeau Branch Library. As the poster says, “Bring your friends, bring your family. Bring an enemy and make a friend.” Donations will be gratefully accepted.
Please join Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Providence City Council to learn how your ideas are being used to update the Comprehensive Plan and to shape the future of Providence.
There will be plenty of opportunity for feedback and questions, so be sure to attend one of the three scheduled sessions.
All sessions are from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, December 4th @ Roger Williams Park Casino
Tuesday, December 5th @ Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School, 370 Hartford Avenue
Wednesday, December 6th @ Nathanael Greene Middle School, 721 Chalkstone Avenue
Refreshments will be served. Listen, learn, ask questions—tell us what you like and what you don’t.
For more information, call 351-4300 or visit http://www.providencetomorrow.org
Jim Kelley recently checked in with Lt. Schiavulli of our District 8 Community Police Station for recent crime trends and precautions we should take.
Despite a recent uptick in larcenies from motor vehicles, so far 2006 compares favorably to 2005. For the year through November 5, violent crime is down 51%, property crime is down 43% and other crime is down 14.5% compared to January through October of last year.
Four separate and highly visible break-ins at the Nextel store on Hope Street had neighbors worrying about a crime spree. The store was targeted for its supply of cell phones and the fact that its alarm was not working well contributed to the repeated break-ins. The police tell Jim noticeably suspicious activity prior to one of the break-ins has led to an arrest in the case. The police ask merchants to please ensure that their alarm systems are up-to-date and working. (more…)
Summit Neighborhood Association’s next Board meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7PM in the Rochambeau Branch Library. The public is always invited to our meetings.
Our agenda will include preparation for the important task of planning for the future of Summit and the entire city of Providence through the City’s upcoming Providence Tomorrow programs. (See Picture a Better Providence below.) We have learned that the first series of citywide “charrettes” will take place during the week of Oct. 11 through 14., but times and places are yet to be set. Area plans for clusters of 3 or 4 neighborhoods are supposed to follow early next year. Planner Bonnie Nickerson has been invited to bring us up to date on that process on Oct.5.
Also sure to be discussed: final plans for our election-eve Candidates Forum (to be scheduled for the last week of October), updates on our North Main Streeet development efforts, Hillside Health Center and sidewalks.
If you would like to present or suggest an issue for our agenda, please contact me – Jon Howard 331-2272. (more…)