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Smith Hill Community Development Corporation (SHCDC), located in Providence, Rhode Island, is a non-profit organization dedicated to community building and affordable housing. Don’t forget to investigate the Smith Hill Community Resources section and the Community Calendar to find out what’s going on in and around Smith Hill.

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Library Rally: Change in Venue!

July 24th, 2008

PRESS CONFERENCE: Change in Venue!!! 
PPL PROPOSED AGREEMENT with CITY is FLAWED!
HE MAYOR AND PPL NEED TO
GO BACK AND FIX IT! 

Today at 5:00 p.m., the Library Reform Group will hold a press conference in the former Benny’s building at 1380 Broad Street to bring to public attention the provisions of the Agreement for Library Services

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Library Reform Group Rally

July 21st, 2008
The Library Reform Group invites you to attend our press conference at 5:00 p.m. this Thursday, July 24, at the former Washington Park branch library (1316 Broad Street) to call upon the Mayor and PPL to FIX THE NEW AGREEMENT.
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Community Congress News

July 10th, 2008

cemetary-wall.jpgVolunteers dig in to restore historic St. Patrick’s Cemetery
(Originally Printed in The RI Catholic, July 3rd, 2008)

BY BRIAN J. LOWNEY, Assistant Editor

PROVIDENCE - Historic St. Patrick Cemetery on Smith Hill is being restored to its original beauty, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of neighborhood residents, AmeriCorps volunteers from the Feinstein Institute at Providence College and workers from the Catholic Cemeteries Office.
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YouthRAP Summer Program Begins

July 8th, 2008

YouthRAP has begun its Summer Program here at the CDC.  So far, neighborhood youth have engaged in a restoration project for the mural located on the Smith Hill Post Office building and a clean-up of the garden located behind the Library.  Stay tuned for more updates!

 

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Smith Hill Student Receives Young Writer’s Dream

June 20th, 2008

Young Writers to Enjoy One Week Before the Mast:
By Nandini Jayakrishna, Printed in the Providence Journal June 20th, 2008

Jade E. Emmauel
Jade E. Emmanuel loves writing mysteries and scary stories. She enjoys reading and writing about everyday teenage experiences. But for a while now, the 13-year-old Providence resident has wanted to try something different, to write on new topics and to share her ideas with other writers. Her dream will come true this weekend as she and 19 other teenagers embark on a week-long writing and sailing adventure aboard a 19th century-style schooner.

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