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News Advisory
RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
FOR AP AND METRO NEWS DAYBOOKS:
Date: March 10, 2008

Time:

 11 a.m.
Location: Newport Harbor Center/Newport Armory, 365 Thames Street, Newport
Event: DEM to Join Federal and Local Officials at Site for New Transient Boater Facility and Activity Center on Newport Harbor

For Release:

 March 6, 2008
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM, SENATOR REED, CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY TO JOIN NEWPORT AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR NEW $1.46 MILLION TRANSIENT BOATING FACILITY AT NEWPORT HARBOR CENTER

PROVIDENCE - DEM Director W. Michael Sullivan, Ph.D. will join federal, state and local officials on Monday, March 10 to showcase plans to develop a $1.46 million centralized transient boater facility and activity center at Newport Harbor Center on Thames Street. Major funding for the project will be provided by a $713,000 grant from the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Boating Infrastructure Grant program to improve stopover tie-up facilities for visiting recreational boaters.

The project will include rehabilitation of approximately 8,000 square feet of the Harbor Center, which is referred to locally as the Newport Armory. Currently owned by the Newport Redevelopment Agency, the 1884 building was originally owned by the state and housed Rhode Island's militia. The new boating facility will be located on the first level of the building and will include restroom and shower facilities, washers and dryers, storage lockers, vending and ATM machines, an interactive information kiosk, meeting and office space. Water, boat pumpout and trash disposal facilities will be located on the adjacent Ann Street Pier, a public dock in the city's waterfront business district.

In addition to Director Sullivan, those participating in the event will be Senator Jack Reed, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Newport Senator M. Teresa Paiva Weed, Mayor Newport Stephen Waluk, and a representative from the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

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Directions: From Providence Follow Rt. 95 South to Route 4 South to Route 1 South to Rt. 138 South toward Newport. Follow the Newport Bridge into Newport. Take the first exit into Newport and turn right at the second traffic light onto America's Cup Blvd. Bear right onto Thames Street and follow until you reach Newport Harbor Center located at 365 Thames Street.
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