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Everybody should take the time to view www.citycentrewarwick.com
It has Mayor Advesian touting the Elizabeth Mill as a commitment to our heritage. So much for our heritage now that it is gone. It also shows a glitzy train station - ya right!
Did you know that the mayor thinks the Interlink is a half-mile from I-295???? That's news to me.
Here's the worst of it - transportation options include "Amtrak: Daily commuter rail service runs between downtown Providence, Boston, New York, Kingston Station (URI) and Westerly." Don't you know Steve Devine of DOT and RIPTA Chairman Advesian that the non presence of Amtrak is a sore issue among those who give this City Centre -- some weird spelling of Center -- any chance of success?
Where is the $400,000 going here. It would be much better spent on planning bike paths from the Interlink to the malls than using old outdated web sites to suck investors into some impossible dream. That is necessary because the thing that kills the City Centre dream is a severe lack of parking.
Where is the three million square feet available for revitalization? At one point Leviton had 1.6 million square feet - but some of that is gone now. And Dean is operating some of that as a warehouse. Is that warehouse space available or under some kind of lease?
How do the available parcels leave the owners' hands and become available for development? Is it by condemnation? This story raises a whole lot more questions than it answers. Hopefully the Beacon will take a second look.
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