2020: Mulligan's Island proposal is pulled.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/12/17/developers-proposed-costco-project-off-table/3906289001/

2021: Mayor says Costco can come, but not Mulligan's Island

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/mayor-costco-still-welcome-in-cranston-just-not-on-mulligans-island-property/

2021: City council denies restart of Costco rezoning at Mulligans.

https://pbn.com/cranston-denies-restart-of-costco-project-rezoning-at-mulligans-island/

Edit:

August 2022: "NBC 10's Gene Valicenti says his well-placed sources confirm (the former Citizens Bank property in Cranston) will be a Costco Wholesale club. The developer said nothing’s been signed."

https://turnto10.com/amp/news/local/costco-warehouse-club-cranston-rhode-island-sockanosset-cross-road-route-37-traffic-development-department-of-transportation-topgolf

Shaw's requires a digital coupon ($1.27/lb) I believe

Article explaining this topic and the aggregation program:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/environment/2023/03/09/electricity-aggregation-in-ri-what-to-know-for-customer-providence-community/69986029007/

There's also property taxes to consider which drive up monthly/year costs.

Didn't realize I'd been downvoted.

The West End is in a sort of weird no-man's land as far as distance to the libraries, and I find with walking, the bridges (Olneyville, downtown) are an added psychological barrier.

Safe as in, won't get hit by a car?

Or safe as in, won't get mugged?

Yes, lots of issues, Verizon.

So excited to see. Subscription is so worth it.

Also this is how I feel about Book of Mormon after seeing it last year in New York.

Haven’t laughed that long in a very long time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/110gdx3/commute_to_boston_back_bay_from_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/10xb4hb/commute_from_boston/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/10ljv6l/availability_of_uberlyfts_to_boston/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/10jqma5/commute_to_boston_commuter_rail/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/109f21x/providence_to_needham_daily_commute_working_211p/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/zwkbr0/commute_to_boston/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/ywbct5/how_do_folks_get_to_pvd/

Bonus thread on parking

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/ud0xf1/train_station_parking_why_is_this_so_difficult/

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This season it's a Beetlejuice musical.

As a fellow West Ender, the Knight Memorial library is just a tiny bit further away than Olneyville, (.7 vs .9 miles for me) as is the one downtown (.7 vs 1.3 miles).

The Cranston Street library in Cranston is also close-ish (by the Aldi) (1.4 miles).

https://www.cranstonlibrary.org/locations/

https://www.communitylibrariespvd.org/locations/knight-memorial

You should include the link.

Last session, East Providence asked the state to unlink speed cameras from school zones.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22069606-jan21_20cc-1-1#document/p7

By my last count, East Providence only has five speed camera locations.

>East Providence speed camera locations

>3070 Pawtucket Ave. at St. Mary Academy Bay View

>2680 Pawtucket Ave. at Kent Heights School

>179 Forbes St. at Riverside Middle School

>42 Bishop Ave. at St. Margaret School

>2000 Pawtucket Ave. at East Providence High School

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2022/06/29/ri-cities-turn-off-speed-cameras-summer-school-out/7723028001/

For anyone in Providence, they're moving to an aggregate electric supply situation. The rates for April to September, under that program, are:

if you stick with RI Energy, the rate is is 9.71 ¢/kWh

"Providence Basic:" 9.151 ¢/kWh

"Providence Standard (automatic)": 9.361 ¢/kWh

"Providence 50": 10.222 ¢/kWh

"Providence 100": 12.321 ¢/kWh

It appears the electric rate if you stick with RI Energy is 9.71 ¢/kWh

"Providence Basic:" 9.151 ¢/kWh

"Providence Standard (automatic)": 9.361 ¢/kWh

"Providence 50": 10.222 ¢/kWh

"Providence 100": 12.321 ¢/kWh

The landing page isn't great but here's the letter they sent out.

https://electricity.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Providence-Residential-English-4.pdf

Edit: PBN has a story on this and there is also a thread, in this subreddit, on that story.

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/11g3nqb/city_to_introduce_providence_community/

Goes well this Providence moving forward with an electric supply aggregation program that opts people in and has a lower base rate than RI Energy.

Notice: https://electricity.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Providence-Residential-English-4.pdf

Landing page (not very good): https://electricity.providenceri.gov

Copying from previous post about safety:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/116hy6i/young_professionals_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/u48qqq/is_washington_park_a_relatively_safe_area_to_live/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/nfq7lp/living_near_the_vavalley_area/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/mn698j/apartment_hunting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/i114g2/advice_for_possibly_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/fnvwta/safe_places_in_providence/

About safety and neighborhoods, but is 6 years old:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/53v3u9/wondering_what_providence_is_like_for_mid_30s/

From another post about neighborhoods and apartments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/woz6f4/should_i_move_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/yx3xnb/moving_to_ri_very_soon/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/p0q2h4/hey_im_a_single_female_in_my_late_20a_thinking_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/nfuqi7/if_you_could_tell_someone_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/kuvq8w/moving_to_providence_whatre_your_thoughts/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/lhx5yd/moving_to_providence_this_summer/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/idibb5/considering_moving_to_providence_down_the_line/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/qh5065/moving_to_providence_in_the_spring_2022/

Speaking of getting rid of stuff… buy nothing groups!

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/02/01/rhode-island-buy-nothing-facebook-groups-how-to-use-them-to-get-free-stuff-and-reduce-waste/69843993007/

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Please consider subscribing. We still have a President's Day sale that is really, really affordable.

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The building that's there is basically 2 stories tall. Proposal would keep the facade and build way up.

From the article,

>The state sold the brick building at 50 Branch Ave. in 2020 after the Board of Elections decamped for a larger new home in an industrial park in suburban Cranston.

Link in article goes here:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/09/28/feds-ri-board-of-elections-will-make-new-hq-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities/114157438/

Link, requires sub:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/27/u-haul-turn-ann-hope-complex-warwick-ri-into-self-storage-center-approval-zoning-board-samuel-chase/7903273001/

>The Warwick Zoning Board of Review approved a special permit earlier this month to turn the complex into a 1,600-unit self-storage space run by U-Haul, along with a retail showroom, truck and equipment rentals and a space for the company to perform maintenance on its vehicle and trucks.

>PROVIDENCE − A plan for a hulking 1,400-unit, five-story self-storage complex off Branch Avenue received initial approval from the City Plan Commission on Tuesday night, drawing praise for maintaining the brick façade of the building.

>Attorney Joseph Brennan said the site, 50 Branch Ave., was chosen by developer Trunk Space LLC of Quincy, Massachusetts, because of the location. The biggest neighbors are the North Burial Ground, the Dryden Mill strip mall and other businesses. No one lives nearby. The location also means high visibility on Branch Avenue and Route 95.

...

>No one from the public commented on the proposed project.

>Brennan said it was "rare" for no neighbors to show up to a proposed self-storage development, especially since it was the subject of a Providence Journal article before the meeting.