'Explore Bristol' Sees Collaboration as Key to Economic Growth
A town-wide effort to highlight the many positive aspects of Bristol recently launched its own website.
From the wreckage of Hurricane Irene in August, 2011, a new effort called Explore Bristol has sprung to life. The initiative — a collaboration among business, government, education, and nonprofit groups — recently launched its own website to establish an online presence. Michael Byrnes of Weetamoe Farm, one of the organizers of the effort, explained the idea behind the new push to promote the community during an interview at Angelina's coffee shop on Hope Street. "We said 'What we really need to do is really identify all the positive aspects of Bristol, we need to figure ways to make them better, and we need to figure out ways to link them more closely,'" Byrnes said. "The bottom line was to enhance economic vitality — because if you …
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dave
8:05 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Classic RI excuses in that article, from the DOT: "the historic commission does not want crosswalks" "it's safer with less crosswalks" "we could't put the crosswalks because of the ADA act, so the lines you do not see are actually there and the driver will understand your in a legal crosswalk even though the safe zones are not clearly marked" "hope you don't get hit but if you do we will fix it … more ›