The view from Brewer Street, looking south toward the new St. Clare Home addition
NEWPORT, R.I. – About two dozen residents turned out to hear arguments for and against the St. Clare Home’s proposed expansion project during a roughly 3 1/2-hour meeting of the city’s Zoning Board of Review on Thursday evening.
The meeting, which was called in response to strong interest in the project on the part of both neighbors and zoning board members, covered a wide breadth of information from parking and building height, to landscaping and external material choices. But as 7 p.m. turned to 10:30, the board made the decision to continue to the meeting to a future date.
Click here see the detailed plans for the proposed St. Clare Home project, including its Good Neighbor Pledge.
At issue is whether to permit the St. Clare Home, which since 1909 has been providing care for local elderly residents, to expand beyond its current footprint with a 15,133-square-foot addition that executives say is needed to keep the facility economically viable, but whose mass and height have some concerned about the potential impact on the neighborhood.
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An artist's rendering of the proposed addition to the St. Clare Home, as seen from Spring Street.
NEWPORT, R.I. – A proposal to expand one of the city’s oldest assisted living facilities will be the topic of a special meeting with members of the Zoning Board of Review on Thursday, May 13 at 7 p.m.
The St. Clare Home, which since 1909 has been providing care for elderly residents, is seeking approval to expand beyond its current footprint with a 15,133-square-foot addition.
The proposed expansion would add 40 beds of the assisted living and 13 beds of skilled nursing to the facility. According to an application on file with the city, the St. Clare Home currently operates 47 beds of assisted living and has been running a budget deficit since 1996. The added facilities would go a long way to close that gap, the applicant states.
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NEWPORT – The city zoning board gave its approval on Monday to an application to raze the former Boathouse Restaurant on Lower Thames Street, replacing it with a three-story six unit multi-family complex.
A rendering of the future 636 Thames St.
According to an application filed by Betsy Braconi of Canton, Mass., current plans are to demolish the one-time downtown hot spot, replacing it instead with a 7,509 sq. ft. shingle or clapboard style structure. [click to continue…]
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