The North End is a commercial and residential area that has been physically and economically isolated from the rest of the city for decades. But it is poised for redevelopment.
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Los residentes del North End en Newport se preguntan: ¿Qué significarán realmente las promesas de equidad?
La ciudad de Newport ha adoptado una nueva visión ambiciosa para el futuro de North End, un área residencial y comercial que encara importantes disparidades económicas. Ahora que Newport busca implementar esta visión, algunos residentes dicen que queda más trabajo por hacer para generar confianza en el plan y su promesa de un redesarrollo equitativo.
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Newport residents wonder: What will promises of equity really mean for the North End?
The City of Newport has adopted an ambitious new vision for the future of the North End, a residential and commercial area that faces significant economic disparities. But as Newport now looks to implement this vision, some residents say more work remains to be done to build trust in the plan and its promise of equitable redevelopment.
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Los costes de un nuevo plan: los residentes de Newport preocupados sobre la gentrificación en el North End
Newport es conocida por tener algunas de las casas más lujosas del país, pero también es una de las pocas comunidades en Rhode Island que alcanza los objetivos estatales de viviendas asequibles. La mayoría de esas viviendas se concentran en North End, un área donde los costos de vivienda son más bajos ofreciendo alternativas a los residentes de Newport que no pueden permitirse vivir en otros vecindarios más costosos. A algunos residentes les preocupa que esto pueda cambiar, con un nuevo plan que rediseñe el North End.
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The cost of redevelopment: Newport residents worry about displacement in the city’s North End
Newport is known for having some of the most extravagant homes in the country, but the city is also one of the few communities in Rhode Island hitting statewide goals for affordable housing. Many of those homes are concentrated in the North End, an area where lower housing costs offer alternatives to Newport residents who can’t afford to live in other pricey neighborhoods. Some locals worry that could change with a new plan for redevelopment in the North End.
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Newport: Trabajando para unir una ciudad
Newport es famoso por su centro histórico, sus mansiones de la “Edad Dorada” y restaurantes frente al mar, que atraen a millones de visitantes cada año. Pero la ciudad también alberga otras áreas como el “North End”, una zona residencial y comercial que muchos turistas nunca visitan. Sin embargo, el futuro del North End podría verse bastante cambiado.
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Newport: Connecting a city divided for decades
Newport is famous for its historic downtown, Gilded Age mansions, and waterfront restaurants, which attract millions of visitors every year. But the city is also home to the North End, a residential and commercial area that many tourists never see. The future of the North End, though, could look quite different.
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Newport City Council adopts plan for North End redevelopment
A new plan to guide future development and increase pedestrian connectivity in Newport’s North End won the unanimous support of the City Council.
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Newport public health advocate says new administration will be ‘hugely significant’ to LGBTQ+ health care
President Joe Biden has vowed that his new administration will defend the rights of transgender Americans, after President Trump rolled back a slew of protections. Newport Reporter Antonia Ayres-Brown spoke with Rex LeBeau, a strategy specialist with the Newport Health Equity Zone who focuses on LGBTQ+ health care.
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Newport coalition recruits national urban planners to create equitable development plan for city’s North End
North End residents are partnering with Smart Growth America to generate recommendations to make the redevelopment of the area more equitable.