Providence Tomorrow on SNA Agenda for Oct.5
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. Read more
Miriam meetings Tuesday, Sept. 19 & 28
Miriam Hospital will hold its next quarterly meeting for neighbors next Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 in the Fain Building. We urge neighbors living nearby to attend. We continue to hear complaints from neighbors about hospital parking, lighting, noise and air quality, yet the quarterly meetings have been sparsely attended this year. We should all bear in mind that the large new building on Seventh Street is only the first of two - Miriam intends to buiild a similar new building at the corner of Summit and Fifth within a couple of years.
Miriam’s Environmental Committee meeting has been postponed for one week to September 28. This groups will also meet at 6:30 in the Fain Building.
Carriage House offers dance, theater for your kids
Everett Dance Theatre’s Carriage House School announces its class offerings for the 2006-2007 season, for youth aged 6 and above. Classes range from improvisational acting, hip hop dance, ballet, and Polynesian dance. We also offer a performing arts mentorship program, with training in writing, film making, acting, and special projects. Classes are taught by the professional artists of Everett Dance Theatre, a nationally acclaimed multimedia performing arts company now celebrating it’s twentieth anniversary in Providence.
Admission is on an ongoing basis, with classes beginning September 11. All classes are $10 a piece, with reduced prices available for low-income families. No serious student is turned away for lack of funds. The Carriage House is located at 7 Duncan Avenue, Providence RI, just off North Main Street.
NOTE: The Carriage House is a lovely and surprising little theater tucked behind some North Main businesses. Please support this neighborhood arts resource!
Please follow the link for schedule information: Read more
Keep car items out of sight, police advise
This Tuesday, Sept. 5, James Kelley spoke with Lt. Schiavulli of our Community Police Station–District 8 on behalf of Summit Neighborhood Association to learn if there are any trends or recent concerns that may need extra precautions for which we should be alert. Jim will continue to be SNA’s contact for news from District 8, which you will see posted here and in Summit News from time to time.
There are three parts of Police District 8, which ranges from the Pawtucket line to Olney St, and from Blackstone Blvd. to Interstate Route 95 http://www.providencepolice.com/stats/mapbook/8.pdf
Despite a shooting on Pleasant St., District 8 remains a low crime area of the city. Year-to-date, through September 5, violent crime is down 50%, property crime is down 49%, and all other crime is down 18%. Noteworthy is that the rash “break and grab” from motor vehicles is down significantly. The Lieutenant. hopes that people are heeding the advice to keep items left in cars out of plain view. This is particularly important as we approach the holiday season.
Please follow the link for detailed neighborhood crime data for the last month and year to date. Read more