Likely Newport opportunity requires urgency, follow through

GRAND PLANS: If Newport Grand closes, some state and local officials would like to see the land become part of a new innovation district. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ KATE WHITNEY LUCEY
GRAND PLANS: If Newport Grand closes, some state and local officials would like to see the land become part of a new innovation district. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

It has been well more than a decade since Providence learned it was going to be repatriating roughly 40 acres of its downtown core thanks to the relocation of Interstate 195. And finally, there is activity on the land. While no redevelopment process should happen overnight, an argument can be made that the appropriate sense

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