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Providence Journal - September 24, 2008
Tri-community improvement plans solidify
for Broad Street
Earlier this year, Central Falls resident
Roberto Garcia attended a meeting at which municipal officials
talked about developing a plan for a renewed Broad Street, the
throughway where he owns a health foods store, Tesana. He
was alarmed. “I wasn’t sure it was a good project,” he says.
Garcia and other business owners feared that the local
governments were looking to push out independent stores in favor
of larger chains and big box stores, like Wal-Mart and CVS. He
now believes that what he feared could not be farther from the
truth.
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Providence Journal - September 18, 2008
Meeting set on Broad Street revitalization
plan
A plan to revitalize Broad Street calls for a slew of new
initiatives to stimulate business growth, encourage youth
involvement, and enhance safety along the commercial and
residential throughway, which links the downtown areas of
Pawtucket, Central Falls and Cumberland. The Broad Street
Regeneration Initiative’s action plan, which was about seven
months in the making, will be unveiled at a community meeting at
the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, located at 175 Main St.,
in Pawtucket, on Tuesday.
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Every
Company Counts
Para asegurar el éxito de la Broad
Street como un destino turístico, se requiere una adecuada
educación para nuestros empresarios Hispanos
La capacitación siempre ha sido, es y será, un factor
de fundamental importancia para el buen desempeño de las
personas a todo nivel. Capacitar es: adiestrar, formar, educar,
preparar, entrenar; en una disciplina o en la manera técnica y/o
profesional y/o científica, de efectuar una labor determinada.
Por tanto, si el proyecto de la Broad es un desarrollo turístico,
entonces, se hace menester que ese 82% de comerciantes hispanos
sea capacitado; porque aunque ellos han estado emplazados en el
área donde se ha desplegado el turismo por años; poco o nada
saben sobre este mercado; dado que no se les incluyó. De allí,
que se haga imperioso el compromiso de capacitarles para
incursionar con éxito dentro del mega proyecto turístico de la
Broad.
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Providence Journal Article
A Future Born from Latino
Roots
CENTRAL FALLS — To see where some of the newest
Latin-American and Hispanic-owned businesses are putting down
roots, take Exit 30 off Route 95 into Central Falls and make
your way to Broad Street. Then head north toward Cumberland. On both sides of the street, in a radius of no more than five
city blocks, a dozen new businesses have opened in the past
year, all owned by recent immigrants.
A former Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant reopened late last
month as Fiesta Meat and Deli, a meat market serving cuts
favored by most Latin Americans. There’s a barber shop owned by a 24-year-old Puerto Rican
immigrant. There is also a Dominican restaurant, a Colombian
restaurant, and a Mexican taqueria.
The latest? Two boutiques specializing in the vaquera, or
cowboy, fashions popular in rural Mexico and Central America
that opened this year. What unites the varied operations is that they all seek to
cater to the tastes of the city’s increasingly diversified
Latino population. Also, these new owners have made the distinct choice to open
up on Broad Street, a commercial throughway that is away from
Dexter Street, a hub of mom-and-pop Latino businesses, in order
to capitalize on an underserved section of the city.
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Full Journal Article
August
8, 2008 - Providence En Espańol
Blackstone Explorer
un crucero que hace turismo interno local
CENTRAL FALLS.-Un recorrido hermoso lleno de
historia y belleza natural se puede observar a bordo del barco
charter Blackstone Explorer que navega sobre el río Blackstone,
para luego terminar en un restaurante de comida internacional,
actividad de un programa que inició en junio y concluye a
finales del presente mes.
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Ramon Martinez talking about the Tri-Communities and Broad
Street
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Video
August 4,
2008 - Evening Times
Students talk about revitalizing Broad
Street
CENTRAL FALLS — The Florida college student
spearheading an effort to revitalize the Broad Street corridor
toured the area with local students Thursday, encouraging them
to get involved locally and support all things local. The
students, who were participants in the Blackstone Valley
Academy’s SPIRIT Program, were studying the concept of
“downtown” areas by experiencing them firsthand and interviewing
people who live and work there. The plan is for their writings
to eventually be published in book form, according to
information provided by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council,
the group that has been leading efforts to economically
revitalize the neighborhood.
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Listen to radio interview with Alex
Sommer and Amanda Wood on Latin Public Radio
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July 23, 2008 - Providence Journal
Blackstone Explorer offers a
cruise-food combo
Central Falls Landing buzzes with people on a recent July
evening. A group of about 28 is filing into the Blackstone
Valley Explorer, a canopied charter boat offering historical and
wildlife tours of the Blackstone River. There is a plate of
complimentary pastries and beverages, including malta, a
non-alcoholic drink made from barley and hops that has a sweet,
molasses taste. The dark drink piques the curiosity of just a
handful. The rest are wary.
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7/16/2008 - Sun Chronicle
Dinner with a twist - Blackstone Valley Food Tour begins with a
cruise and ends with a delicious meal Cumberland,
R.I. - In the 1960s, this once prosperously industrial town was
wrapped up at the center of the state's immigrant and economic
boom. Nowhere was that more clear than on Broad Street, a main
drag filled with shops and restaurants that illustrated the
town's cultural melting pot.
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6/13/2008 En Espańol,
Providence
Plazas, amplios parqueos, historia, paseos en bote y exquisita
comida La nueva Broad de Central Falls Con la
intención de promover la calle Broad, los encargados del
proyecto iniciaron una serie de recorridos turísticos y
gastronómicos a bordo de un bote, denominado “Tour de Comida
Internacional”, visitando los principales restaurantes del
corredor.
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6/11/2008 Providence Journal
Broad Street International Food Tour
Want to take an international food tour without air
fare or travel plans? The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is
introducing the three-hour Broad Street International Food Tour.
It begins tonight and runs on Wednesdays for 10 weeks. The
experience will change every week, depending on the destination.
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5/20/2008 Providence Journal
The revitalization of a tri-town main
street
The white charter bus turned onto Barton Street, a
residential road across from the former train station that had
for decades been a notorious red-light district, rife with
prostitutes and drug dealers and addicts. The contingent of
state, federal and local officials –– directors, executives,
presidents and an assortment of other titles –– peered through
the bus windows. It was just before 2 p.m. yesterday.
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5/20/2008 Evening Times
The Broad Street Tour
State and local officials, along with various other
interested parties and guests, walked and rode a bus down Broad
Street on Monday, making stops in the communities it runs
through to experience the flavor of life there — empanadas
included. More
3/31/2008 Providence Journal
A Future Born from Latino Roots
To see where some of the newest
Latin-American and Hispanic-owned businesses are putting down
roots, take Exit 30 off Route 95 into Central Falls and make
your way to Broad Street. Then head north toward Cumberland. On both sides of the street, in a radius of no
more than five city blocks, a dozen new businesses have opened
in the past year, all owned by recent immigrants.
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3/31/2008
Inicia primera fase hacia una nueva Calle Broad
En la primera reunión pública, los
asistentes mostraron qué les gusta y qué no quieren ver en la
Calle Broad. El cometido final es convertir dicha vía en una
zona turística, segura, bonita y concurrida Asistentes que
acudieron a ver información sobre los proyectos de renovación de
la principal vía que une a Pawtucket, Central Falls y Cumberland
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3/25/2008
News Photo from Community Outreach Event at Madeira Club:
Evening Times
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3/21/2008
Crece entusiasmo por mejoras de
Calle Broad en CF ¡Envíe este artículo! Versión para
imprimir Marisabel Brito/foto Fatima Illesca CENTRAL
FALLS.- El entusiasmo de los comerciantes es evidente, y hasta
entre los vecinos de las áreas circundantes a la Calle Broad,
desde Pawtucket hasta Cumberland, se dibuja en sus ojos la
esperanza del porvenir, desde que fuera anunciado a principios
de año el proyecto para remozar y modernizar una de las más
importantes arterias comerciales que recorre en toda su
extensión la pequeña ciudad de Central Falls.
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Jan. 31, 2008
THREE MAYORS FROM THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY
ANNOUNCE A JOINT INITIATIVE TO REGENERATE BROAD STREET
- News Conference Scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Pawtucket Mayor James E. Doyle, Central
Falls Mayor Charles Moreau and Cumberland Mayor Daniel McKee
will hold a joint press conference to announce a joint
initiative to reinvigorate Broad Street. All three communities
together have received a $50,000 Preserve America Grant.
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Inyectarán nueva vida a la Calle Broad de
Central Falls, Pawtucket & Cumberland en RI -
Nota de Prensa de Providence
en Español
En un esfuerzo mancomunado, los alcaldes de Pawtucket,
Central Falls y Cumberland asumieron el compromiso de re-novar e
inyectar nueva vida a la Calle Broad, considerada una de las
principales vías comerciales de las tres mencionadas ciudades.
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