JWU Class to Assist in Preservation, Redevelopment Efforts
Students from Johnson & Wales are studying historical sites in Coventry and West Warwick to propose ideas for growth and redevelopment.
Six Johnson & Wales students and their instructor were recently given a tour of some of Coventry's most historic areas - the first step in a feasibility study that they will be doing in Coventry and West Warwick. The students who took part in the tour are Engineering Design majors currently enrolled in instructor Eric Army's Professional Practice course along with seven other students. As part of the school's Directed Work Experience program, they have begun the Pawtuxet River Valley Heritage Initiative which will include site-mapping and a feasibility study of historic buildings located in the Pawtuxet Valley. During the tour that focused on the Paine House, Anthony Mill and surrounding areas, Harris Mill and Byron Read Building as …
