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Mayor Taveras Announces PILOT Agreement with CharterCARE

Hospital system agrees to make $100,000 annual payment for three years, Taveras Administration closing in on $7.1 million total contributions from tax-exempts

Providence Receives Funding to Create Sustainable Energy Plan

Office of Sustainability will set priorities for lowering energy bills, improving public health, protecting the environment and growing Providence's economy

Mayor Taveras, Mayor's Substance Abuse Prevention Council Host Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking

More than 150 Providence residents joined Mayor Angel Taveras and the Mayor's Substance Abuse Prevention Council on Thursday, May 31 at the Christian Community Church on 353 Elmwood Avenue for a Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking.

Mayor Taveras Announces PILOT Agreement with Care New England

Taveras administration secures $5.7 million from five of seven largest tax exempts Additional contribution triple annual PILOT payments from 2003 MOUMayor Angel Taveras announced today that the city has reached a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement

Governor, Mayors Announce Summer Youth Employment Program

Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, Mayor Angel Taveras and Mayor Allan Fung joined Director of Human Services Sandra M. Powell and Director of Labor and Training Charles J.

Mayor Taveras Stops by Bob & Timmy’s Pizza, Celebrates Small Business Week

Mayor Angel Taveras stopped by Bob & Timmy's Pizza on Federal Hill to applaud Jose Sanchez and Richard Remeika, the restaurant's owners, for receiving the Joseph G.E. Knight SCORE Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.

Providence Is Ready to Host Netroots Nation

From June 7-10, thousands of progressive bloggers, political activists, labor leaders, grassroots organizers and journalists will flock to Providence for Netroots Nation conference - one of the nation's most powerful political events of the year.

PUTTING THE GARDEN TO BED with Lee Menard

Start: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI SEPTEMBER 22nd - PUT

COOKING WITH HERBS with Melissa Guillet / 1st Annual Recipe Swap

Start: Saturday, September 8, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI SEPTEMBER 8th - COOKI

TOMATO TAMING with Rosie Sherry

Start: Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood AvenueProvidence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood AvenueProvidence, RI AUGUST 18th - TOMATO TAMI

TREE AND SHRUB CARE 101 with Dave Schwartz

Start: Saturday, August 11, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI August 11th - TREE AND

EXTENDING THE SEASON with Lynne Farr

Start: Saturday, August 4, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI AUGUST 4th - EXTENDING THE

GARDENING TOOLS with Pat Davis & Mary Mason

Start: Saturday, July 21, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI JULY 21st - GARDENING TOO

CREATING NECTARIES: ATTRACTING & KEEPING BENEFICIAL INSECTS with Ken Oles

Start: Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Botanical Center 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI July 14th - CREATING NE

Composting 101 with Mike Lozeau

Start: Saturday, July 7, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI JULY 7th - COMPOSTING 101 wi

JUNE 16th - BEEKEEPING 101 with Jackie Marro

Start: Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood AvneueProvidence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden1000 Elmwood AvneueProvidence, RI JUNE 16th - BEEKEEPING 101 wi

Organic Pest Controls with Rosie Sherry

Start: Saturday, June 2, 2012 10:00 am Location:Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI Directions Location: Roger Williams Park Community Garden 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI JUNE 2nd - ORGANIC PEST CO

PEMA Offers First Spanish-Language Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Training Course in Nation

For the first time in the United States the Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Training Course will be offered entirely in Spanish.

Mayor Celebrates Launch of Arrojo Product Line at Local Salon Seiren

Customers, friends and family were treated to a special reception with Mayor Angel Taveras and television celebrity Nick Arrojo, who was in town at Seiren Salon, for the inaugural launch of his hair product line in Rhode Island.

Mayor Taveras and HUD Officials Celebrate 23 Start-Ups

Mayor Angel Taveras was joined today by HUD New England Regional Administrator Barbara Fields and other city and federal officials to celebrate the City's Innovation Investment Program (IIP) and the 23 New Economy start ups that received funding th