Politics & Government
Warwick Mayor Wants Fire Station At Potowomut School Site
The action, reported by RINPR, could mean the end of an agreement worth $350,000 to the EG Fire District, which is the first responder for the area.
After years of rumor, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian said Wednesday he will push to turn the closed Potowomut Elementary School into a fire station to serve the neighborhood, RINPR reported. Such an action would be a blow to the East Greenwich Fire District, which receives $350,000 yearly payment from Warwick to act as first responder to the Potowomut area.
The school is located at 225 Potowomut Road.
Avedisian will ask the Warwick City Council to use $2 million in bonds for the renovation, noting the $350,000 savings they could gain.Â
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The announcement follows release of a study that recommended the school – which closed in June 2008 – be renovated into a fire station to serve the Bay Ridge and Potowomut neighborhoods.
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