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Community Partner Spotlight: Pawtucket Foundation

Business development plays a large role in the success of every city. The Pawtucket Foundation has always been a key representative for the businesses and non-profit sectors. With a vibrant and sustainable community in mind, complete with modernized infrastructure and a transportation network that works with its people and their day-to-day lives, the Pawtucket Foundation helps to make the city a more attractive and business friendly destination.

Every project is funded by private grants, member contributions, and other fundraising events which benefit the community, while essentially remaining self-sufficient. The Foundation works in collaboration with the Mayor and the City, utilizing their staff, Board, and members for advocacy on major funding opportunities. They are directly involved in committees and consortiums that support state bonds whose goals work towards helping resource the needs of the city. The Foundation has cultivated relationships with both new and existing businesses and with the creative population that helps define Pawtucket’s unique personality.  

A large part of this work comes in the form of redevelopment. The Pawtucket Foundation excels at assisting in property positioning.

All major projects such as the Pawtucket/Central Falls commuter rail stop (“Conant Thread”), the riverfront bike path, the stadium, and, and other large urban developments are plotted out alongside City Planning. As ever, the Foundation’s emphasis remains on overall improvement. This can be seen in their continued work on downtown public space improvements and event coordination and promotion.

Their work with public/private partnerships and businesses has seen them develop and market available resources that are consistent with the Pawtucket Downtown Growth Center and that create new opportunities for partnerships that expand across multiple communities. Projects like the train station and Main Street have been an on-going focus for bringing in outside investments and developers, and/or encouraging expansion or improvements from within.

With all of the benefits that the City of Pawtucket has to offer, from competitive property positioning, easily accessible regulatory departments, a thriving arts and creative sector and much more, the Pawtucket Foundation is here to help with the effort necessary to make the possibilities of the future a reality.

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