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Narragansett senior housing preserved, $9M upgrade planned

With remote work trending upward, South County real estate market is hotter than ever

Residential makeover proposed for former Boon Street church

The Town Council couldn't muster the votes this week to approve a waiver request that's necessary for a residential condo development that would include affordable housing units on prime property opposite the Narragansett sea wall.

Speaking to a legislative commission earlier this month, Narragansett Town Planner Michael DeLuca described some of the challenges Narragansett and other Washington County communities are facing in attempting to supply more affordable housing.

At its Wednesday meeting, which marked the third and final public hearing on a master plan proposal for an adaptive reuse of the former Presbyterian Church located at 114 Boon Street, the Narragansett Planning Board elected to deny the proposal to recreate and repurpose the church as a residential building in a 3-2 split vote. The consensus among dissenting members was the four-unit, 12-bedroom proposal for the approximately 17,500 square foot lot was too dense, while others believed the historic component of the project allowed a basis for approval, despite the density issues.

Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale is partnering up with Welcome House of South County for a holiday drive to benefit local children, seniors and homeless adults.

Several Rhode Island towns are facing negative impacts after being notified in late July that many of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications for local programs and agencies will not receive the funding they typically see. Locally, six social services programs applied for a total of $136,702 to fund several projects in the area, and after the meeting in late July, East Greenwich, along with many other towns across the state, were notified that none of their applications from the Plan Year 2016 will receive funding.

Rhode Island's real estate market is showing no signs of slowing down, as parts of the state are seeing a big boost in home sales. Although many home prices are climbing with more buyers in the market, interest rates are still low, which makes a larger mortgage more affordable.