John Carnevale Inspired Projects Continue to Excite City

He especially thanks city workers in highway &other departments

The juggernaut known as John Carnevale & friends continues to facelift East Providence as the Hull Street Playground area and the high school tennis courts are the latest recreation spots to receive some major work. In a refrain heard by local residents before, Carnevale described the refurbishing of Hull Street: "This community has waited so patiently for so long to see this beautiful playground be transformed for their youth! Now it is time to bring this entire community together and focus on one common goal; to bring back the love surrounding one of the best recreational facilities in Rhode Island! As promised and right on schedule, our team of volunteers, will give our entire hearts over the next few weeks to turn this local landmark into the absolute best in Rhode Island!" Carnevale indeed delivered as the Hull Street recreation area in the Whiteknact School area has been transformed. "The HULL STREET Basketball Restoration Project being completed ahead of schedule for our wonderful youth to enjoy this summer!! Great job to all involved making this happen and having a sense of urgency to restore this great community!!!" In a discussion with The Reporter, Carnevale wanted to stress how many of these projects could not have been done without the "unbelievable help and support of our City staff." "A big thank you to the East Providence Highway Department for stepping up and making our city a better place for the youth! Let's keep pushing for unity and keep this city rocking," said Carnevale in his almost evangelical style. Indeed, long time observers of City goings-on cannot remember a recent time when city workers and administrators would work so well with volunteers. "Gone is much of the union angst and worker apathy of the past. We are all working together to make this a better city," said a union member with many years of service.

If that wasn't enough, the Carnevale movement has repaired much of the high school tennis court area. "More than 200 hours of hard volunteer work is what the wonderful people of East Providence just gave to their community! Recently our team embarked on a weeklong task of fixing 1500 linear feet of structural cracks on the EPHS Tennis Courts so that the students of East Providence could play on a safe athletic surface," said Carnevale. "Believe me when I say, this task was nothing even close to glorious work and really took a team of persistent people who wouldn't give up! Some of these cracks were 2 inches wide by 6 inches deep and made this court unsafe and virtually unplayable! A 100% labor intensive and certainly a dirty task to repair them, the volunteers of this community stepped up and crushed the first phase of this project saving roughly $6000 dollars off the cost of this project!" On and on he goes...