Newport Daily News: Newport's Park Holm project to kickstart again

Updated: Aug 11, 2019 at 10:07 AM

During the upcoming phase of the project the Housing Authority will be demolishing a total of 58 apartments and constructing a total of 56 new ones.

NEWPORT — The new construction of Park Holm apartment buildings off Hillside Avenue across from Miantonomi Park is expected to begin this year after a four-year pause in the ambitious project.

Rhonda Mitchell, executive director of the Newport Housing Authority, announced recently that financing for almost all of the $17 million needed for Phase III of the project has been secured.

The mood at a meeting of the Housing Authority board of directors meeting on Thursday was celebratory.

“Lots of wonderful things are happening now and I'm really excited,” Mitchell told the board.

During the upcoming phase of the project the Housing Authority will be demolishing a total of 58 apartments and constructing a total of 56 new ones.

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