NEWPORT — The Carpionato Group of Cranston has not given up on its goal of redeveloping the former Newport Grand site with a $100 million investment.
Both Kelly MacArthur Coates, president of the Carpionato, and Patricia Reynolds, the city’s director of planning and economic development, confirmed to The Daily News on Monday discussions soon will begin between city planning staff and Carpionato planners and engineers.
“We will meet with the community and figure out what they want us to do,” Coates said. “We’ve met with neighbors and abutting property owners and toured their properties. They’ve shared with us their concerns. Now it’s a process of us getting the city’s vision. It’s always difficult to line up so many viewpoints.”