EDITORIAL: Loss of CVS in Downtown Providence May Mean the Canary is Dead
Monday, December 02, 2019
As GoLocalProv reported on Friday, CVS is closing its store in downtown Providence.
It is just one of a growing list of businesses closing and/or leaving downtown. While some ventures have opened — the net-net is still negative.
The CVS is functionally the only location to buy flu medicine, office products, garbage bags, eyeshadow, and some cereal.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTFor the past couple of decades, downtown Providence has become a neighborhood with thousands of renters and condo owners.
In addition, thousands of students live downtown at dorms for Rhode Island School of Design and Johnson and Wales.
But what there isn’t are grocery stores or pharmacies.
CVS, which attracted hundreds of shoppers each day, was surrounded with panhandlers.
The CVS is just two doors down from the Superman Building — now vacant for more than six-and-a-half years.
Despite the growing residential population, there is less support and fewer critical retailers to support a growing community.
Providence has no plan -- and no idea how to enhance and support communities.
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