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The
North Providence Land Trust (NPLT)
was established by law in 2000 to
preserve open space in North
Providence.
Like
many communities throughout Rhode
Island, decades of continuous growth
have put tremendous amounts of
pressure on the town, negatively
altering the character of our
community.
Unfortunately, the impact from years
of development compounded over time
is much more pronounced in a small,
tight knit urban community such as
North Providence, a town with a
total land size of only 5.7 square
miles.
No
fewer than five lakes — used and
enjoyed by generations of families —
have literally disappeared from the
town's landscape in the last 50
years. Numerous streams that once
crisscrossed our town are gone.
Open
green space where legions of
children once played have been
devoured by
development. The sounds of a
baseball
cracking off a bat, the voices of
children playing a friendly game of
tag, have been largely silenced in
many neighborhoods.
The sights, sounds and vibrancy that
transform a town into a community, a
community into a neighborhood and a
neighborhood into a place we call
'home' have been in many respects
lost, the victim of unrelenting
growth.
The result is clear. Today, less
than ten percent of the town's total
acreage is designated as open space.
The Time to Act is Now
The
time to act is now for the sake of
present and future generations of
North Providence families. You can
help by stepping forward and working
with the North Providence Land Trust
to preserve and increase our
property values. Here's how:
The NPLT has been empowered to
acquire land for the benefit of all
North Providence residents. The NPLT
can help you preserve and protect
land that exists in the community,
beginning with an evaluation of the
property. The NPLT is prepared to
work with you to determine the best,
most tax-efficient way to donate
and/or sell property.
More than a
half century later, few things
remain the same.
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North Providence is the second
smallest community in Rhode
Island behind only Central
Falls.
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5.7 square miles of land equals
3,648 acres of total property.
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Approximately 335 acres of land
is designated as open space
today.
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The stated goal of the North
Providence Comprehensive Plan is
to increase the amount of total
open space by 390.10 acres.
Download/view the North Providence
Land Trust Brochure
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