Check out this great article on our neighborhood association in July’s copy of Providence Monthly.
Find the article in the print copy of the magazine as well.
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Farmers market opens in Lippitt Park
Wendy Nilsson, the new director of the Providence Parks Department, cuts a ribbon of vines to formally open the Hope Street Farmers Market Saturday morning in Lippitt Park, at the intersection of Hope Street and Blackstone Boulevard. The market, which was selected by Cooking Light magazine as the best in Rhode Island, is held in the park every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Summit gets final coat of asphalt
Summit Avenue, the namesake of the neighborhood, was finish-paved Thursday.
Contractors paid by the Narragansett Bay Commission apply the top layer of asphalt on Summit Avenue and the surrounding streets to complete a segment of the massive sewer project that has been going on for years.
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Protest at construction site
Members of Unite Here, the union representing hotel workers, pass out leaflets at the formal groundbreaking at the construction of the LA Fitness center on North Main Street Wednesday. The were protesting the way the Procaccianti Group, the center's builders and the owner of area hotels, treats its workers.
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Missing unicorn seen at Rochambeau
If you have seen the posters around Summit, you know a unicorn has been missing. Fortunately, however, it was seen Monday being assisted into the Rochambeau Library on Hope Street.
Unicorns in Residence: Providence is a public art adventure built around visual art by Camomile Hixon and curated by Helene Miller. The work is hosted by the Partnership for Providence Parks and the Department of Parks and Recreation.
The sparkling promise of a missing unicorn, and the subsequent discovery of a herd of unicorns stampeding and galloping through Providence, will joyfully reveal this city’s creative and independent spirit.
The broad appeal of the unicorns will attract the public to visit the parks, cultural institutions and public venues where these gentle mythical creatures bestow their magic.
Rochambeau Library will have a unicorn party from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 7, with crafts, stories and more.
For more information, go to:
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Walls going up on North Main Street
Workers from C.E. Gleeson Constructors, Inc. erect the walls of the LA Fitness Center along the Ann Mary Street side of the North Main Street construction site. Michael Cullity, project superintendent, said all the outer shell might be completed by the last week in April.
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Whole new meaning to ‘share the road’
A resident backs out of a neighborhood driveway as repaving goes on. The crew supervisor said the work will be finished in six weeks.
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Spring is here – and so is road work
A crew works Sixth Street near Hope
The power saw cuts through the pavement before backhoes dig a trench.
A company employee displays the identification badge all legitimate utility workers must have. She said residents should not admit anyone who does not have such a badge.
A sure sign that winter is over is the appearance of work crews in Summit tearing up the streets to improve services.
Already sharing the neighborhood with the first robins are employees of AGI construction who are cutting the road surface in preparation for National Grid to replace gas lines and install outdoor meters. The backhoes are scheduled for next week to dig the trenches outlined by the street saws.
The companies have hung yellow tags on the doors of houses on the streets where the work is to be done, notifying residents to expect the crews. In addition, in response to fraudulent attempts to gain access to homes by people posing as workers, the utilities have issued identification badges to their personnel with the name and picture of the worker and the name of the company. A representative of AGI said no resident should allow anyone into his or her home who doesn’t have such an ID.
If in doubt, residents can call National Grid or even the police. The construction supervisor stressed that no one should let anybody in without the proper identification.
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Giant Easter egg found in Summit?
Can you imagine the size of the Easter Bunny that hid this in plain sight just off Hope Street? Unfortunately, it was just a discarded table top.
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Attend tonight’s annual meeting
The annual meeting is tonight (Monday, March 3) at 7 p.m. at The Highlands on the East Side, 101 Highland Ave. It is NOT at the old location in the Summit Commons.
There will be wine, beer, coffee and gourmet snacks to accompany your one-on-one meetings with elected representatives and candidates for mayor. Also, a new slate of directors will be voted on.