The WBNA organizes neighbors and businesses on the West Side of Providence to preserve and promote our diverse, historic, urban community as a safe, vibrant, and sustainable place to live,work, and play.

WBNA -- in partnership with other organizations, businesses, and officials seeking to improve the City of Providence -- works to:

• Provide neighbors with resources to solve community problems and opportunities to become a powerful voice in neighborhood planning and development
• Strengthen relationships among neighbors to build community and civic involvement
• Reflect the diversity of the West Side in the organization's leadership and membership
• Promote a strong sense of pride and place
• Maintain economic diversity in the neighborhood
• Create and maintain a safe and clean neighborhood
• Protect our parks, and return trees and green space to our neighborhoods
• Advocate for equitable municipal and state policies and services for the West Side
• Preserve the urban and historic fabric
• Guide new development to complement the existing built environment
• Develop renovation and infill projects for residential, commercial, and mixed-use properties that conform to the West Side Overlay District
• Nurture local businesses and sustainable mixed-use development on the West Side's main streets