The park-to-be in downtown Providence, created as part of the I-195 Redevelopment District, has yet to be named. But it already has an organization that will help raise funds for programming and events.
Building Bridges Providence Inc., a nonprofit corporation that formed in May, will look after the park located at 200 Dyer St.
The group, led by Chairman Olin Thompson and President Sharon Steele, both downtown residents, has received permission from the I-195 commission to develop ideas and programs for the use of the downtown park.
The public advocacy group has a Facebook page, and recently held a kickoff event to raise awareness of both the park and the pedestrian bridge that eventually will connect the east and west banks of the Providence River. That project is scheduled to begin soon.
The Dyer Street park is special, in that its purpose is to help unite the newly created areas downtown, according to Steele.
“It’s not like other parks,” she said. •
