Search Posts
Recent Posts
- The Providence Rink opens. Sponsorship bid from Cianci Foundation rejected, cannot be revisited. December 24, 2024
- Business Beat: 27th BankRI Holiday Giving Tree brightens the season with nearly 7,000 gifts December 24, 2024
- Review of Newport Cottages, by Michael C. Kathrens – David Brussat December 24, 2024
- Rhode Island Weather for December 24, 2024 – Jack Donnelly December 24, 2024
- Sugar, lemon, nano-plastics? Polymer tea bags release millions of microplastics absorbed by body December 24, 2024
Categories
Subscribe!
Thanks for subscribing! Please check your email for further instructions.
In the Arena with Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong
This week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews the new Mayor of Newport, Xay Khamsyvoravong. Xay says he sees Newport as providing a role model for other cities and towns. Yet its uniqueness in terms of history, culture, and more, leave it as a city worth serving.
Housing, education, and transportation are his three priority areas. Housing concerns include affordable plus middle class, and workforce housing. Newport has the highest concentration of affordable housing per capita in the state, a surprising statistic. Developments need to be multi-use for success.
They also discussed tourism, summer development, and the idea of putting in bike lanes and turning America’s Cup into one lane, which has been shot down.
Watch In the Arena on ABC, Channel 6 every Sunday, 7am.