EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. –The East Providence Department of Public Works will be collecting and chipping Christmas trees for use as mulch for City projects. Residents have the option of dropping off trees or curbside collection.

Christmas tree drop off dates and locations:
Dec. 26, 2024 - Jan. 17, 2025 at the following locations

Agawam Field
Hull St. Playground
Pierce Field
Central Ave Playground
Silver Spring Playground
Riverside Rec Field
Grassy Plain Park
Sabin Point Park
Carousel Parking Lot

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to further improve upon and alleviate stormwater flooding issues, East Providence has been awarded a $225,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant.

This grant will be used to conduct a hydraulic analysis to see what changes must be made to avoid flooding in vulnerable parts of the City.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses and homeowners has awarded the City of East Providence $480,188 in a Municipal Infrastructure grant.

The Municipal Infrastructure grant funds will be used to implement necessary public infrastructure toward the Center City Apartments, an affordable housing development by ONE Neighborhood Builders.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2024
CONTACT: Chip Unruh (Reed), (202)-224-4642
Meaghan McCabe (Whitehouse), (202) 224-2921
Guillermo Perez (Amo), (202) 225-4911

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – In a step that could ease traffic congestion and improve public safety in the neighborhoods near the Washington Bridge, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced a new federal grant to inform future upgrades to key infrastructure and technology related to traffic control along the City of East Providence’s most trafficked roadways.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) encourages small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island with economic losses due to severe storms and flooding on Dec. 17-19, 2023, to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) before the Dec. 23 deadline.