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Looks like the South Street Power Station which was to be developed as Heritage Harbor Museum is going to be developed as a joint URI/RIC nursing school. It's time the building was put to good use.
Looks like the South Street Power Station which was to be developed as Heritage Harbor Museum is going to be developed as a joint URI/RIC nursing school. It's time the building was put to good use.
Is a nursing school the highest and best use for such a monumental structure? I guess so.
I suppose the schools think so or they wouldn't be doing this. It would be well positioned near RIH and Hasbro. This should increase their payments in lieu of taxes one hopes. Too bad Heritage Harbor won't fly but that was a huge dream.
I suppose the schools think so or they wouldn't be doing this. It would be well positioned near RIH and Hasbro. This should increase their payments in lieu of taxes one hopes. Too bad Heritage Harbor won't fly but that was a huge dream.
The loss of a Smithsonian associated museum is sad.
The issue I have with this is that WE, the PEOPLE........voted for a museum!!!
I realize we voted some time ago; however, the people spoke.
And in the long run, it didn't matter.
We the people couldn't raise the millions it would take to convert an old structure into modern museum space. I'm surprised that anyone would be criticizing this move at all. It is reuse of an old building by higher ed. The only thing better would be some private company that would pay more taxes.
This will also become part of the whole redevelopment project going on with the I195 project. This is going to change the face of the city.
We the people couldn't raise the millions it would take to convert an old structure into modern museum space. I'm surprised that anyone would be criticizing this move at all. It is reuse of an old building by higher ed. The only thing better would be some private company that would pay more taxes.
This will also become part of the whole redevelopment project going on with the I195 project. This is going to change the face of the city.
Tell me.. what do we need with a nursing school? Local nurses with 15+ years experience can't get 40 hrs/week.
BTW - we, the people voted for the Bonds to develop the museum.
But what we wind up with is a nursing school co-owned by two well-endowed (especially Brown) PRIVATE schools - who, as it is - don't contribute enough in PILOT to the city.
Ummmm..... RIC and URI are state schools. The outlook for certain nurses is good and CCRI can not keep up with the demand.
I share your disappointment in not getting a museum, but I just can't can't fathom how people on this board complain about the state going broke and pensions going unfunded and then want to spend big money on a huge museum which has only the barest chance of breaking even let alone not making any money. At least a nursing school would make tuition and attract students from the region.
Perhaps you'd rather the building remain vacant?
In a flush state- sure why not have a big museum. RI can't have it both ways.
Perhaps it will attract quality teachers, and that's a good thing. My wife is in nursing school. She started her prerequisites at CCRI and carried a 4.0 GPA. She was not excepted to the program because there were people who had lower GPAs, but missed the cut due to lack of instructors. It's a very good school, and some of her professors also taught concurrently at Brown and RIC. There just aren't enough of them.
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