Archives: Projects

In 2003, WBNA applied for federal funds to create a public place at Luongo Memorial Square. After years of city and state planning work…

In July of 2008, gas utility company National Grid began installing piping and equipment on the fronts of residents’ homes without permission or notice…

When a Harrison Street resident got fed up with the neighborhood’s rampant rat problem, she joined with other neighbors and the WBNA to work on a solution together.

A gift of the Jeffrey family, this public project restores bocce courts to Dexter Training Ground along with chess tables as a benefit to the community that connects us with the past.

In 2004, spearheaded by the WBNA, the Armory Local Historic District was doubled in size to include 509 properties.

In 2011, WBNA launched its bulk purchase solar panel program – the first of its kind in Rhode Island – making renewable energy initiatives more affordable to home and business owners, and encouraging the use of green practices in historic districts.

In 1999, WBNA secured federal transportation funds for the length of Westminster Street from the I-95 Service Road into Olneyville Square and up Manton Avenue.

WBNA purchased the building in 1999 and collaborated with the Providence Revolving Fund to renovate the building.

In 2004, West Broadway Neighborhood Association purchased a vacant and blighted property at 1577 Westminster with an aim to help rebuild a neighborhood main street and provide much needed services to our community.

WBNA purchased the former L & L Service Station in 2012 which required demolition and cleanup and, after remediation was completed in 2017, WBNA sold this important gateway property to Community MusicWorks.