Kettle Point nears completion and wins remediation project of the year - Churchill and Banks is the developer of the site

East Providence, RI The 37 acres of land that was once home to 25 petroleum tanks and 20 acres of contaminated soil, is now an award winning project and home to hundreds of new residents.

President and CEO of Churchill and Banks, Richard Baccari II, the developer of the site, first walked Kettle Point 10 years ago. Since then he has turned the land into 62 condominiums, 228 apartments and a 90,000 s/f medical facility for University Orthopedics.

Baccari and company were recognized as the winner of the 2021 James D.P. Farrell Award for Brownfields-Remediation Project of the Year. Awarded by the New England Environmental Business Council, the honor is, “awarded to a Brownfields, Remediation, or Superfund project … that serves as an example of excellence notwithstanding the social, economic, technical and institutional challenges imposed.”

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