POSITIVITY AVERAGE IS
TWO-POINT-3-8 PERCENT.
(HE)
PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE ELORZA
SAYS TWO OUTDOOR EVENTS WILL
RETURN THIS YEAR --- ONE THAT
WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC --- ANOTHER THAT WAS
STARTED BECAUSE OF IT.
BACK THIS SUMMER --- NO WORD ON
AN EXACT DATE YET ---
ALSO RETURNING -- "AL FRESCO ON
THE HILL" --- WHICH CLOSES OFF
PART OF ATWELLS AVENUE SO MORE
12 NEWS REPORTER BRITTANY
SCHAEFER JOINS US FROM FEDERAL
HILL WITH WHAT MAYOR JORGE
ELORZA IS PROPOSING.
MAYOR JORGE ELORZA SAYS WHEN
PEOPLE THINK OF VISITING
PROVIDENCE- THE FIRST TWO
TOURIST IDEAS ARE WATERFIRE AND
HERE AT FEDERAL HILL.
THIS YEAR FOR AL FRESCO ON THE
ENTERTAINMENT AND THE CITY IS
ALSO PROPOSING ALLOWING OPEN
BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.
THE PANDEMIC FORCED BUSINESSES
AND MUNICIPALITIES TO TRY NEW
THINGS-
AND NOW ONE OUTCOME IS HERE TO
We see people love it so we want
to invest in this in a
sustainable way so that it
eventually becomes permanent.
AL FRESCO ON THE HILL IS
RETURNING MAY 14 FOR 20 WEEKS ON
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS.
THE EVENT GIVING RHODE ISLANDERS
LIKE LISA BEDARD WHAT SHE CALLS
A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE.
You don't feel like you're stuck
at home. It's one thing to just
go out to a restaurant and eat
but this gives you an
experience.
MAYOR JORGE ELORZA TELLS ME WITH
VACCINATIONS AND EASING
RESTRICTIONS THIS YEAR WILL BE
EVEN BETTER.
HE SAYS THE EVENT WILL MORE
RESOURCES AND ENTERTAINMENT BUT
THE CITY IS ALSO HOPING TO PILOT
CONTAINERS.
There is something when you can
walk on the street, there's
music, good weather and you can
walk around with a drink it's
about the spirit of being free
and a certain liberty that comes
with it.
LAST YEAR THE DINING COST AROUND
370 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
CITY'S BUDGET.
ELORZA IS HOPING TO USE FEDERAL
PLAN THIS YEAR.
Restaurants and small businesses
they've just been clinging on
throughout the past year just
struggling to stay alive so we
much worth making and an
investment that will make
dividends long into the future.
ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL HILL
COMMERCE ASSOCIATION 25
RESTAURANTS HAVE SIGNED ON WITH
ELORZA SAYS THE CITY ALSO HAS
THE RESOURCES TO HELP OTHER
BUSINESSES THAT WANT HELP
EXPANDING OUTDOORS.
IN PROVIDENCE I'M BRITTANY