The Agenda

All of Downtown is in a protected National Historic District. Should buildings like the Police and Fire Building be protected?
My background is real estate development, which is what I have done for the past 25 years, so I am going to make a real big picture to start out. I grew up in Southern Rhode Island on a farm. I love the open space and I love where I grew up. I feel that all of the landscape variety that we have in this state, because we are so small, is very precious. One of the surest ways to preserve places like South County or any of our rural areas, is to make sure our cities are attractive. Putting this in context, part of what ensures the richness and diversity of our state is having healthy urban areas.