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As a fellow in the 2021 Nonprofit Innovation Lab, hosted by the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, members of the Providence Preservation Society team spent eight months carefully crafting and honing a plan that would further advance our existing trades training and workforce development programs. In front of a panel of judges, broadcast on Rhode Island PBS,…
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Since 1956, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) has played an important role in the preservation and revitalization of the city. We have innovated the practice of historic preservation, establishing a reputation as a national thought-leader in our field. Upon our founding, we piloted a model for urban renewal that included historic preservation as a core…
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Source: Providence Journal Nick Cicchitelli is president of the Fox Point Neighborhood Association. Brent Runyon is executive director of the Providence Preservation Society. In early September, Brown University President Christina Paxson met with leaders of four neighborhood organizations (the Fox Point Neighborhood Association, the College Hill Neighborhood Association, the Mile of History Association, and the Providence…
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All-Access Symposium Pass / $20 (Full schedule + a la carte registration below) Housing and historic preservation go hand in hand. Some of the preservation movement’s earliest efforts were protecting the homes of prominent figures, and today’s preservation nonprofits are still largely associated with historic home markers and house tours. But as the United States…
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PPS is excited to have a robust cohort of 2021 summer interns assisting us with a wide variety of historic preservation projects! Marin joins us through the Brown Swearer Center’s community engagement summer internship program. Where are you from and what are you studying? I’m originally from Providence. I now study Environmental Studies and Urban…
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PPS is excited to have a robust cohort of 2021 summer interns assisting us with a wide variety of historic preservation projects! Debbie was selected as our Preservation Scholar, an internship opportunity that offers paid career exploration for students from backgrounds underrepresented in cultural heritage careers. Where are you from and what are you studying?…
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Preservation Scholar Internship Program The Providence Preservation Society welcomes student interest in its Preservation Scholar Internship Program during the summer of 2021. This paid internship provides career exploration opportunities for curious students from backgrounds historically excluded from jobs in the fields of historic preservation and cultural heritage. Students will gain experience in key areas such…
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PPS ANNOUNCES THE SPRING 2021 CYCLE OF THE WINDOW & WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) in partnership with Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island and Heritage Restoration Inc., Rhode Island Builders Association, the Providence Revolving Fund, and Red House Custom Building, is pleased to announce the launch of a paid, hands-on five-week…
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