A huge thank you for making our Tidewater Riverway Symposium a success.

We certainly appreciated your attendance at the Symposium Thursday, May 14 at Centreville Bank Stadium. Your involvement very much helped us begin to create an organized effort with the communities of Providence, East Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls and Cumberland. This is the first time, where these communities could come together to understand where we need to focus our attention to create a riverway that meets the needs of the community, socially, environmentally and economically.

We found in your written responses, so many great plans and dreams as to what we can improve upon at future gatherings and opportunities. Yes, we are already planning our Tidewater River Symposium 2. Details are still fluid, but there will be another gathering to keep our momentum moving forward. Your time was not wasted. Your eagerness to help was not wasted, and your honesty was appreciated.

Mayor Grebien will be working with the communities to discuss their next steps together. We are pleased with his eagerness. We will keep you informed, be adding content to the website that is important for us to understand and know. We are counting on you to help guide us and offer more direction and more content that can be shared.

All the best. Keep the ideas flowing like our riverway. Please fill out the form below to submit any questions, comments and emerging ideas related to the Riverway Symposium to Bob Billington at (401) 569-3244 or email BVRI@aol.com.

Sincerely,

Organizer: Pamela Hughes, Chair woman Pawtucket Riverfront Commission

Organizer: Robert Billington, Ed.D.