Planning & Development
How to Submit Comments on Cranston's Comp Plan Draft, Online
For the last couple of months we’ve been wondering what kind of functionality was going to be built into Cranston’s web site to enable online feedback on the city’s comp plan. A draft of the plan made its debut on the city’s site back in early June, but a formal place to offer input has not followed.
Today, Principal Planner Jason Pezzullo clarified that the planning department will be accepting comments through the existing contact forms on the Cranston city site. The feedback will be recorded and included in the comp plan. To submit input on the plan, use one of the following forms:
Peter Lapolla, Director
Jason Pezzullo, Principal Planner
In addition to the emails, the public can comment on the plan at the weekly workshops, which will begin on July 16. To help facilitate the conversation, the workshops have been moved to the Senior Center at 1070 Cranston Street. All the meetings will start at 6 PM.
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Wednesday May 12, 2010
Thee Euston-Fairweather Registry of Hyper Links: Trashing the New Comp Plan Edition
This edition of the Registry offers a short collection of projects from Cranston’s ugly development front. All of these developments required numerous zoning variances and comp plan amendments, all of them are out of character with their respective locales, and all of them will benefit their developers at the expense of Cranston’s residents, its character, environmental well-being, and fiscal health.
moreMonday May 3, 2010
Losing the War on Drugstores
After about a 15 month flatline, it looks like the Cranston Recklessly Approved Project index (the city’s leading economic indicator), is on the rise again. We can all rejoice that developers are back at work – looking for ways to get variances and cut corners on the road to grabbing... more
Monday January 11, 2010
Skip the Bag, Save the River
On Tuesday, January 12 at 7pm, the City Planning Commission will consider the Stop & Shop proposal slated for the Warwick Nurseries property. One of the concessions that the neighborhood was looking for was a moratorium on plastic bags. It’s a great idea, and I have to admit I’m anti-disposable... more
Monday November 23, 2009
Fixing Rolfe Square: Pimp Your Storefront Edition
Ruth’s Lingerie storefront during a sale last year Things are starting to look up for Rolfe Square. Soon they will be looking fabulous. The Artists’ Exchange has teamed up with students from Rhode Island School of Design to redesign six storefronts. Artists’ Exchange Director Elaine McKenna-Yeaw says “the idea is to... more
Saturday October 24, 2009
The Park Cinema Reopens for a Sequel
At 5 PM last night, the Park Cinema officially re-opened as the Rhode Island Center for Performing Arts. Rolfe Square took on a completely different feeling when the theater was illuminated and pods of people spilled out onto the neighboring streets. It was especially striking to see the Park sign... more