| This is a 331
acre property that was formerly used as a school for mentally handicapped
people which was closed in 1994. In 1997, the Rhode Island Economic
Development Corporation was given the responsibility to redevelop
the site. Since then, the property has been closed to the public while
EDC has been removing the majority of the old school buildings in
order to prepare the site for was is to become of the property. The
plan for a 26-acre Job Corps Center in two of the remaining buildings
in the east of center portion of the property is currently underway.
This leaves a few paved roads, a couple buildings and a wastewater
treatment facility in the remaining 309 acres of the site. Presently,
the property is undeveloped with a very open environment and is located
off of Route 2 (aka South County Trail) in a very rural area of eastern
Exeter. To view the property's existing open space Click
here. |
This property
is 3,168 acres on the Narragansett Bay in northern North Kingstown
and was used as a former United States naval base that was shut down
in the 1960's. Since then there has been some commercial development
and redevelopment occuring under the authority of Rhode Island Economic
Development Corporation. This previous redevelopment has been directed
towards the area in between the golf course and the southern waterfront,
along the very northern edge of the western portion of the golf course,
and around the two large piers in the northern part of the property.
The airport terminal in the southeast corner is currently being used
for private planes and there is also the Quonset Air Museum that is
open to the public. Also open to the public is the Noth Kingstown
Marina located in West Allen Harbor in the very northern portion of
the property, as well as the 18-hole golf course and restaurant near
the center of the property. The remaining half of the site may have
abandoned buildings still standing, or the old buildings and their
foundations have been demolished leaving dirt and regrowth, or the
once vacant lots have become brushland or forest. To view the property's
existing open space Click here. |
