Tonight, Newport City Council will be discussing a request from the school committee to use bond premiums to complete funding for the new Rogers HS.
Not to brag, but I’m terrible with money AND math, so I drew a few charts to work out what exactly this all means. 🧵
The City Council meeting this week will start with a public hearing on the proposed budget, includes a resolution concerning bike paths, a update on the school construction projects, and more. https://t.co/DeRrNyMQiT
Newport is home to a large population of Spanish speakers, but many city materials are only available in English. The City Council is now calling for a plan to make more documents accessible to non-English speakers.
For @ThePublicsRadio/@Report4America:
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Newport City Council met yesterday with Smart Growth America, a national org residents independently hired to consult on equitable development in the city's North End.
Last month, the Council adopted a much-anticipated plan for redevelopment of the area.
https://t.co/bPtHGev1jS
Be sure to join the City Council & Planning Board Tues in our workshop w/ @SmartGrowthUSA as we discuss policies & practices for equitable development. In the Council's Wednesday meeting we will be again discussing allowing food trucks on Bellevue & more. https://t.co/h0Jphm3Mbx
“When you come off the bridge and you go to the right, that’s what’s represented as ‘Newport. You go look up the North End of Newport... it’s essentially erased from the map.” Connecting a city divided for decades https://t.co/7WQyUu8RKB
Watching the snow fall outside and thinking about terminal velocity, and how much less peaceful this whole scene would look without air resistance. ❄️💥
The City Council passed the North End Urban Plan on Wednesday, and now we begin the work of implementing the plan and the accompanying zoning. Read more about it in my newsletter this week. https://t.co/gf8riFG0X9
For months, we investigated how wealthy towns keep themselves exclusive.
They speak in what many see as code:
- frail public infrastructure
- clogged streets
- a lack of sidewalks
- concerns over “neighborhood character”
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Avoid the crowds at the polls on Nov. 3. The deadline to apply for your mail ballot is next Tuesday, Oct. 13. Download an application today at https://t.co/gLSkzKiVnE