Providence’s mayor proposed spending $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on financial literacy and homeownership, workforce training, small business development and other programs recently recommended by the city’s reparations commission .
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s spending plan calls for using $400,000 to directly support Black and Native residents displaced and negatively impacted by urban renewal
Providence’s mayor proposed spending $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on financial literacy and homeownership, workforce training and other programs.