For the last 14 years, the Smart Growth Awards have brought together business, civic, government, and NGO leaders from Woonsocket to Westerly for a celebration filled with connection and inspiration. The Awards recognize Rhode Island leaders, projects, plans or policies which exemplify smart growth principles and confront the most pressing challenges of our time: community revitalization and increased access to affordable housing, transportation choices, improving public health, confronting climate change, and advancing social, racial, and economic justice. Each year, the Awards celebration alternates from a stand-alone event to being presented during our Power of Place Summit.
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Recent Award Winners:
2025
Barbara Sokoloff
Clark Schoettle
Chepachet Village Revitalization Plan
newportFILM
Residences at Riverside Square, East Providence
United Theatre, Westerly
Walker Farm Recreation and Resilience Improvement Project, Barrington
2024
HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University
The Pine Street Project, (SHRI Studio+), Pawtucket
East Providence Main Street Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
2022
Representative June S. Speakman
Hammets Wharf, Newport
Zoning Amendments for Equitable Development, Newport
2023
Carla DeStefano
Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera
Downtown Woonsocket Collaborative
Pawtucket Central Falls Transit Center
Southside Community Land Trust Headquarters, Providence
The Studley Commercial to Residential Conversion, Providence
Westminster Street Revitalization, Providence
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