The fabulous Pete Cardoso screen print has been re-issued by the artist in all new colors. Each print is signed and numbered. GET YOURS TODAY, and support our advocacy for this glorious building!

The State is looking for full proposals from developers and operators to restore, re-activate, and re-use the Armory, and we need everyone’s help to spread the word! Read on to see how community voice shows up in the State’s Request for Proposals – THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!

The State of Rhode Island officially wants to know WHO is interested in using the Cranston Street Armory and for what purposes. Potential users could be community groups, developers and everything in between. Chances are, YOU, neighbor, know someone (or know someone who knows someone) who could really make something special happen in our Castle for the People. With a deadline of January 25 for potential users and operators to share ideas and interest with the state, we need all hands on deck to get the word out about the state’s open “Request for Information” period happening NOW.

WBNA has been working with the state since June to ensure that a comprehensive presentation to the public about the Cranston Street Armory will take place in September that includes consultant Utile’s findings on possible re-uses for our neighborhood castle, as well as a reporting on the positive progress and momentum currently underway for this state asset.

A full house of neighbors came out to hear the state’s Carole Cornelison give an update on the Cranston Street Armory, but expressed disappointment at the lack of community engagement so far around the findings of consultants hired to develop re-use options for this important state building.

Our first Armory Advocacy Committee meeting welcomed attendees including Senator Jabour, and discussed the State's RFP process, planning for tours and a Community Conversation, and other initiatives to support the preservation and reuse of the Armory.