Can the plant-based businesswoman hit another home run?
Kim Anderson who owns the popular Plant City in Providence is hedging on a new location in Middletown to be the next great success.
In 2019, GoLocal was first to report on the impending arrival of the vegan food hall Plant City, the brainchild of Matthew Kenney and embraced by Anderson.
And while the first location between South Main and South Water Street in Providence has been a hit with students, residents, and visitors alike, Anderson is now embarking on a new concept.
A vegan drive-though on Aquidneck Island.
Anderson may have capitalized on the rise in popularity of vegan cuisine, but make no mistake about it, she is a true believer in the movement, and sustainable living.
Superman Building - going on 8 years vacant PHOTO: GoLocal
Rhode Island’s tallest building the Industrial Bank Building or better known as the Superman building enters its eighth year of vacancy in 2021.
In 2019, it was named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in its annual list.
“From the National Mall Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. to one of Chicago’s best examples of Post-Modern architecture to the vast, largely unprotected cultural artifacts in the Ancestral Places of Southeast Utah, this year’s list reflects both the diversity of America’s historic places and the variety of threats they face. As it has over the past three decades, we know that this year’s list will inspire people to speak out for the cherished places in their own communities that define our nation’s past, said Katherine Malone-France, the then chief preservation officer of the organization. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS H
Can the plant-based businesswoman hit another home run?
Kim Anderson who owns the popular Plant City in Providence is hedging on a new location in Middletown to be the next great success.
In 2019, GoLocal was first to report on the impending arrival of the vegan food hall Plant City, the brainchild of Matthew Kenney and embraced by Anderson.
And while the first location between South Main and South Water Street in Providence has been a hit with students, residents, and visitors alike, Anderson is now embarking on a new concept.
A vegan drive-though on Aquidneck Island.
Anderson may have capitalized on the rise in popularity of vegan cuisine, but make no mistake about it, she is a true believer in the movement, and sustainable living.
The attraction is wedged into a 7,900-sq-ft underground space within Onni Group’s 2017-completed CentreView mixed-use complex entailing 17-storey and 24-storey condominium towers on top of an office and retail podium, which includes a 40,000-sq-ft Whole Foods, Fitness World, and various other retail and restaurants.
CentreView at 118 East 13th Street, North Vancouver. (Google Maps)
Proponents of the bowling alley narrowly received approval from city council in a heated public hearing in July 2017 that saw opposition from the complex’s future residents, who suggested they would not have bought a condominium unit if they had known there were plans for a bowling alley. Public consultation was conducted on the application, even though the business was not required to do so.