GrowSmartRI

If you've registered for the Power of Place Summit, watch your inbox today (6/23) for two important emails:
📨 a link to event FAQs -- info on parking, session locations, lunch, and more
📨 a parking placard to print and bring along in your car if you ordered reduced-price parking when you registered for the Summit.

STILL haven't registered?? Today's the day. After midnight tonight we'll take walk-up registrations at the Summit but we can't guarantee spaces in every breakout session or box lunch.
https://growsmartri.org/power-of-place-summit-2026/

Four breakout sessions at our upcoming Power of Place Summit will look at the power of community voices and cultural memory.

Presenters include:
Richard Godfrey, Consultant and Educator
Carla DeStefano, SWAP Inc.
Ron Crosson, Urban Ventures
Rochelle Lee, City and Regional Planner

Carolyn Belisle, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Melissa Clark, Brown University School of Public Health

Christine West, AIA, KITE Architects
Kristina Brown, Neighbors Welcome! Rhode Island

Marta V. Martínez, Rhode Island Latino Arts
Dr. Christopher West, African American Museum of Rhode Island
Jeannie Solomon, Asian American and Pacific Islander History Museum

Spots are still available for the June 26 Summit — register now!
https://growsmartri.org/power-of-place-summit-2026/

Four breakout sessions at our upcoming Power of Place Summit will look at the Ocean State's climate and environmental challenges along with sustainability solutions.

Presenters include:
Chris Martin, City of Providence Department of Planning and Development
Alban Bassuet, Arup

Isaac Bearg, Rhode Island Food Policy Council
Jed Thorp, Save The Bay - Narragansett Bay
Emily Howe, Clean Water Action Rhode Island

Brianna Jordan, Providence Preservation SocietySociety
Jenna Yu, Build With Nature

Michele Jalbert, Cliff Wood, and Luisa Murillo, Providence Resilience Partnership
Kira Wills, Community Facilitator

Spots are still available for the June 26 Summit — register now:
https://growsmartri.org/power-of-place-summit-2026/