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With pandemic easing, Dunk and RI Convention Center will soon return to normal business


With pandemic easing, Dunk and RI Convention Center will soon return to normal business
G. Wayne Miller, The Providence Journal
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The scene outside The Dunk and the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday afternoon.
PROVIDENCE  The mass-vaccination site at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center will close at the end of the month, a move paving the way for events to resume there in the fall. Programming at the Rhode Island Convention Center, used as a field hospital during a peak in the pandemic last winter, will resume this summer.
Gov. Dan McKee made those upbeat announcements Thursday during a media briefing that also saw officials raise a caution about the possibility that the aggressive COVID-19 variants now accounting for most new cases of coronavirus disease in the state could spark a resurgence later this year if more Rhode Islanders are not vaccinated. ....

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Rhode Islanders testify on bill to dissolve Providence Tourism Council


Rhode Islanders testify on bill to dissolve Providence Tourism Council
Amy Russo, The Providence Journal
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The Providence skyline at night.
Rhode Islanders on Thursday had their chance to sound off on a House bill that would dissolve the Providence Tourism Council and instead send funds to the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Those opposed, which included restaurateurs and Providence Tourism Council Chair and Commissioner Alexis Gorriaran, raised concerns over transparency, independence and a lack of public input on the proposal sponsored by Democratic Rep. Scott Slater.
“The manner that this bill was introduced reminds us of the backroom deals and old school politics lacking transparency, oversight or community input,” Gorriaran said, arguing that the change would put “the majority of the money into the hands of an organization that has little interest in the diversity of Prov ....

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