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Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | No | This dataset was provided on a one time basis as a response to a public records request. When the data is published on a schedule it will appear on Providence's open data site, data.providenceri.gov |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | XLS | |
| findable | 1 | |
| findable_steps | From the city's homepage navigate to the Public Records Request homepage and search for past permit requests | |
| licence_url | https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | The data is formatted according to the Building and Land Development Specification: https://permitdata.org/ |
| collector_name | Providence Department of Inspections and Standards | |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Address, Permit type, Work description | |
| location | href="https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-303" https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-303">rel="nofollow">https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-303 - Inspections and Standards Permits 2009-2017 |