Come join Mayor Angel Taveras & the Providence City Council, Providence State Representatives, Providence State Senators & Business Leaders, Community Organizations, Neighborhood Associations, Arts and Cultural Groups and Providence Residents for: A STRONGER PROVIDENCE DAY Join elected officials, leaders and residents as we bring the economic and cultural vitality of Providence to the State House. …
Cross posted by our friends at RIFuture.org: Mayor Angel Taveras was joined today by leading members of civil rights and women’s rights organizations, as he signed an executive order establishing The Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise Procurement Task Force. The Mayor charged the Task Force with studying the city’s procurement practices and recommending improvements to …
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Providence residents are eligible for $9,500 in interest free loans, thanks to the Mayor’s new Residential Energy Efficiency Loan program. Loans up to $9,500 are available for single-family residences and up to $14,000 for two-unit residences. Loans of up to $6,500 per unit are available for multi-unit residences. Multi-unit applications must be submitted by the owner-occupant. …
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras comes out on top in a recent Brown University poll, with 52% of respondents giving him an “excellent” or “good” job approval rating. Taveras edges out all other elected officials, even the unflappable Senator Reed, “making Taveras the most popular politician in Rhode Island by Brown’s methodology” according to WPRI’s Ted Nesi. Surely …
The inauguration of Angel Taveras as Providence’s 37th Mayor will take place TODAY – Monday, January 3rd. In recognition of this day, there will be several inaugural festivities celebrating the City of Providence and Taveras’s vision for its future. You are invited to attend the ceremony and celebration as the Taveras Administration embarks on the important work ahead to move Providence forward. Schedule …
I am writing to urge voters of the Dose to vote for Angel Taveras for Mayor of Providence in tomorrow’s Democratic primary. Why vote for Angel? Well, first consider the coalition that has lined up behind Angel: Clean Water Action. The Phoenix. Providence en Espanol. The SEIU and the UCFW. The RIFuture blog. City Council …
This week has been a game changer for Providence’s next Mayor, Angel Taveras. First, Angel won the endorsement of the city’s largest environmental advocacy group, Clean Water Action. Second, Fox Point City Councilman Seth Yurdin joined fellow Councilmen Cliff Wood, Kevin Jackson, Miguel Luna and Leon Tejada in endorsing Angel for Mayor. This means that …
The big news on the political street yesterday was that the state’s powerful environmental organization Clean Water Action weighed in on the Providence Mayor’s race and endorsed Angel Taveras for Mayor. This is a huge pick-up for Taveras because of the high number of city voters — especially in West Broadway and the East Side — who …
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Come celebrate the birthday of future Providence Mayor Angel Taveras! The party is taking place at The Spot Underground, located at 15 Elbow Street in Providence. Everyone is welcome and invited. Festivities get underway at 6:30pm (Friday). The campaign is hosting the best of Providence local music: the Mark Cutler Band, the ‘Mericans and Jesus …
Come hear our next Mayor, Angel Taveras, give a public address on arts and the creative economy in Providence. Don’t know Angel yet? Angel was raised by his single mom on the South Side of Providence and went from Head Start to Harvard through the Providence school system. An attorney and former Housing Court judge, Angel’s …
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Do you consider yourself a “young professional”? Me neither, but who cares! Come join other young professionals in supporting Providence Democratic Mayoral candidate Angel Taveras at 7pm tonight at Abe’s on Wickenden Street. RSVP via the FacePlace here. If you don’t know Angel yet, you should because this guy is definitely going to be our …
When you think of the future of our city, it’s hard to think of many things more important than our public schools. That’s why Democratic Mayoral candidate Angel Taveras wants YOUR ideas on how to improve public education here in Providence! Join the Taveras campaign’s first Community Meeting this Thursday, May 20th at 5:30pm at …
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The state of Arizona (as I’m sure you’ve heard) recently enacted legislation requiring cops to stop and question folks who provide “reasonable suspicion” of being an illegal immigrant. Well, mayors and city councilors around America are stepping up to the plate to boycott Arizona. The City Councils of Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Oakland have …
Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, currently housed at RISD, is moving to Harvard University. The Silk Road project was founded in 1998 to promote artistic collaboration between artists located along the historic Silk Road. Through the relationship with RISD, the Silk Road Project has offered public performances, hosted annual residencies and even collaborated with Providence’s FirstWorks …
NPR recently did a story that, as a former proud and loyal Brooklynite, I found rather hysterical. Titled “New York’s Hipsters Too Cool for the Census,” the piece leads with this gem: “Many New York City residents aren’t returning their census forms. The return rate is only around 50 percent, but the lowest rate of …
One issue that hasn’t come up yet in the Providence mayoral elections is transforming the Providence School Board into an elected body. No one’s advocating for it yet (to my knowledge), but let’s be clear anyway: it’s a bad idea. In 1980, Providence became one of the first cities in America to experiment with mayoral …