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IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION JUST HEAD TO OUR
WEBSITE, WPRI.COM.
CENTRAL FALLS IS THE
SMALLEST CITY IN THE SMALL
ESTATE, BUT HOME TO DOZENS OF
RESTAURANTS AS WELL AS DIVERSE
CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES, AND
NOW THE CITY NEEDS YOUR HELP.
JOINING US THIS MORNING IS MIKE
RISK.
GOOD MORNING.
I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THESE EFFORTS ARE CHOCOLATEVILLE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW DID THAT GO?
WE HAVE RAISED OVER $15,000
IN $5 CHOCOLATE BARS ALL MADE IN
CENTRAL FALLS AND ALL USED TO
PROMOTE CENTRAL FALLS.
WE HAVE SOLD THEM AS FAR AS
TEXAS AND SAN DIEGO.
BUT A LOT ARE SOLD LOCALLY.
AAA, THE CREDIT UNION, AND WE
FOODS.
$15,000 IN CHOCOLATE.
THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
AND YOU HAVE OTHER EFFORTS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
IN JANUARY WE LAUNCHED 60
MEMBERS OF OUR CLASS INTO OUR
COMMUNITY TO ASK WHAT WAYS COULD
WE HELP.
THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, AND WE
KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN
STRUGGLING AND WE'RE TRYING TO
HELP THEM OUT.
WE HAVE HELPED PROVIDE CONTENT
FOR THE FAMILY LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WATCH.
AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING
THIS WEEK.
PROJECT GOAL IS THIS AMAZING
INITIATIVE THAT HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR FIVE YEARS, WHERE THEY
ARE USING SOCCER TO ENTICE KIDS
TO DO BETTER IN SCHOOL.
SO WE HELP PROVIDE A STRATEGIC
PLAN.
WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND
THE THING IS -- AND WHAT HAS
AMAZED ME THE MOST IS THE
CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL
FALLS.
BEING AN OUTSIDER, NOT A PERSON
THAT KNOWS THE COMMUNITY AND
DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, I
JUST LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THERE, AND HOW THE PEOPLE
ARE WORKING TO MAKE THEIR
COMMUNITY BETTER.
POINT.
NEGATIVE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A GREAT BIT
OF HOPE IN THE CHANGES COMING
DOWN, AND THEY HAVE A MAYOR
ELECTION, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.
AND YOU ARE IN OUR KITCHEN
TODAY.
WE ARE COOKING WITH ONE OF THE
RESTAURANTS THAT IS PART OF DINE
CENTRAL FALLS.
WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF
LET'S SHOWCASE -- THERE ARE 27
RESTAURANTS IN ONE SQUARE MILE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
ETHNICITIES.
STANLEY BURGERS, TODAY WE HAVE
[ INAUDIBLE ], YOU HAVE THIS
AMAZING MEXICAN FOOD.
THERE COLUMBIAN AND ALL KINDS OF
GREAT RESTAURANTS.
OCTOBER 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH
PART.
THERE ARE ABOUT TEN RESTAURANTS
OFFERING SPECIAL DEALS, BUT THE
POINT IS TO BRING EVERYBODY IN.
ON OCTOBER 18TH THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE THERE TO KICK OFF THE
INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A WAY TO BRING REAL
STIMULUS TO MAIN STREET IF YOU
WILL.
SO THE STREETS THAT HAVE THESE
GREAT SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS IS A WAY TO HELP THEM MAKE
MORE MONEY AND ALSO GET TO KNOW
AND SHARE -- BREAKING BREAD WITH
YOUR NEIGHBORS IS AN AMAZING
THING TO DO, GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO
LURE PEOPLE INTO CENTRAL FALLS
AND BRING THEM BACK.
IN.
YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT