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From Wanskuck to Washington Park, Providence's neighborhoods are more beautiful, vibrant and livable than ever before. While unprecedented levels of downtown development and towering cranes overhead capture headlines, more than a billion dollars in private development is currently underway right in our neighborhoods.
Mayor Cicilline believes that Providence's neighborhoods are the lifeblood of our city. The city's character, diversity and energy are firmly rooted in our 25 neighborhoods, where we live our lives and raise our families.
- Mayor Cicilline has brought unprecedented focus on neighborhood quality of life to City Hall.
- He created the Office of Neighborhood Services to advocate on behalf of citizens and business owners.
- He established the city's Graffiti Task Force, which has already cleaned more than 33 thousand square feet and is currently tackling the scourge of graffiti vandalism through heightened enforcement and mobile clean-up teams.
- The City implemented the Big Green Can program, a semi-automated trash collection system that promotes recycling, helps keeps private and public property clean and eliminates rodents' food source.
- Under Mayor Cicilline's leadership, Providence is producing affordable housing at six times the rate of the 1990s.
- Nearly 500 new affordable housing units have been built in the past four years, with many more currently under construction.
- Hundreds of vacant lots throughout the city have been sold to residential developers and placed back on the tax rolls.
- Mayor Cicilline developed a City-wide after-school program recognized as one of the most innovative in the nation.
- Five Afterzones are providing hundreds of children with high quality activities.
- Mayor Cicilline has forged critical partnerships with the Wallace Foundation, Bank of America, and many others to build upon this success.
- Mayor Cicilline established the City's first Office of Senior Services, which has helped thousands of Providence seniors since 2003.
- STOP, the Senior Tax Opportunities Program, helps keep senior homeowners from losing their homes at tax sale.
- A 24-hour emergency response system for seniors in collaboration with the Providence Police and state DSS gives seniors special access to critical help
- Hundreds of flu vaccines have been provided to city seniors at no cost
- Three internet-based senior learning centers have been established throughout the city.
- Mayor Cicilline restructured the Parks Department to provide a greater focus on neighborhood quality of life.
- Neighborhood park maintenance has doubled
- The forestry division has planted nearly 1,600 new street trees and hundreds more are expected this summer.
- The Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism has enlivened many of these green spaces, attracting hundreds of residents throughout the season with top quality, live music, theater and dance performances as part of its annual Neighborhood Performing Arts Series
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