Nonprofits ask for M from state budget for 160 apartments in East Providence

A GROUP OF NONPROFITS known as the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently requested that members of the General Assembly set aside $28 million in ne...

May 18, 2023
9:06 AM

A GROUP OF NONPROFITS known as the Taunton Avenue Collaborative recently requested that members of the General Assembly set aside $28 million in next fiscal year's state budget for an affordable housing development on Taunton Avenue in East Providence. Leaders from the group, from left, ONE Neighborhood Builders Director Jennifer Hawkins, Foster Forward Executive Director Lisa Guillette, Crossroads Rhode Island CEO Karen Santilli and Family Service of Rhode Island Chief Operating Officer Ben Weiner recently toured the proposed development site at 350 Taunton Ave.

Marc Larocque