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Nice!

Thanks! It's helpful just to see her explain how she voted and why, even if I don't agree with her on everything. I agree it's frustrating that there isn't a more neutral source for information on these questions. A lot of the questions are so specific and such "inside baseball" and it feels weird that we, the voters, are making these decisions based on little or no information. Like, how am I supposed to know what an appropriate spending threshold is for the Department of Public Property?

worked there, can corroborate. pay unlivable wages to front end workers too (though many grocery stores do).

This Twitter thread from Tiara Mack is the best explainer I’ve seen anywhere, which is frustrating.

Disclaimer: I don’t want to impose views or force an agenda on people who may or may not disagree with it, so take this thread with a grain of salt if you don’t consider yourself to be left-leaning. But to date, it’s kind of the only thing I’ve come across that breaks down the actual implications of each ballot measure, and I sure wish it had been posted before I voted early last weekend.

I've been to other grocery co-ops that follow the same model fwiw

i love urban greens. it is the only grocery on the west side and is well stocked with lots of good/unique/vegan items. during the pandemic they never ran out of.. anything? lol, they do run out of fresh bread pretty much daily. prices have steadily increased but are still reasonable.

maybe they should just take down the pride flags so people don't set their expectations too high, but even on that front it is a more progressive grocery than any other i've seen.

It will probably get worse. A Fall River police officer was hospitalized yesterday after being run over by one.

Thanks for this. It’s really valuable info. Why does it need to be C3? That seems so weird. I guess it makes sense.

I’m not sure, but I remember both places were very low key, cause it exists in a grey area but it being a friends of friends type of deal, a place for people to sample and “network”

I think if u call the board of elections for providence and ask the person they can explain it more to you

You mean breakfast connections? I'm curious but never been, but I follow them on IG

I believe there is a parking garage entrance/exit on south water street with an elevator that will bring you directly to the TJ entrance.

I can’t find the meeting packet anymore, but it was to allow dancing and in the staff memo, staff wrote they’re against it. A little bit of info in the agenda.

https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=%5CNotices%5C4752%5C2022%5C441173.pdf

It seems weird that it would be C3 though. C3 is like auto body shop level zoning.

I go there for groceries. I will say that it's deceptive to call it a co-op when it's in no way worker owned; it's a consumer-owned co-op.

I guess you pay for a membership, and then your groceries are cheaper. Even that seems like a tenuous definition of "consumer-owned," it kinda just seems like a rebranded cupon-deal. It's technically legally considered a co-op, but the people that work there don't get any piece of the pie, like they would if it were an actual co-op. Strikes me as pretty blatant greenwashing when I think about it.

I think there is still a cannabis club in Charlestown, probably still one in providence too but not on the up and up with it anymore

Where would be the most convenient place to park without screwing up anyone’s day? I love that there’s now a pedestrian accessible affordable supermarket in that part of the city! But I’m pregnant and avoiding riding my bike in trafficky, congested areas now due to the higher risk of a jarring fall so will be driving.

I go there pretty regularly for quick produce as it's nearby. Never had any issues and staff has always been polite. It's a little expensive for every day things but Ill grab produce or a quick lunch every now and then and it's fine.

They're def not the best with things like pronouns and trans/gnc employees though from a news article about it and knowing someone who used to work there which kinda sucks.

They got some nerve

There was an article in Providence Journal that painted the Co-Op in a bad light. From what I remember they post signs around the store about being LGBT friendly but front end managers don't seem to care for people's pronouns.

“restaurant”

https://web.archive.org/web/20221020110836/https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/10/20/urban-greens-providence-ri-workers-complaint-discriminatory-environment/8175622001/

Web archive will load the projo and boston globe articles that get posted here.

Paywall

Not great, according to some employees

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/10/20/urban-greens-providence-ri-workers-complaint-discriminatory-environment/8175622001/