Sound Mitigation Grant Pilot Program

Program Update: June 2025

In spring 2025 the City of Providence advanced two important components of its sound mitigation work.

First, it contracted BOND Applied Technologies to engage two venues, Noir, and Troop, on a pilot Sound Mitigation program. BOND met with owners from both venues to take baseline acoustic measurements in their during off-hours, then returned to measure sound during peak activity on the weekend. In phase two of this pilot phase, the team at the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism will work with the venues to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the measures taken. Findings from this pilot phase of the initiative will help ACT and other City stakeholders to shape a call for participating venues in the coming year.

Second, the City recently convened the Life at Night task force, a group composed of internal City stakeholders in licensing, health and human services, and economic development, as well as external stakeholders such as venue managers/owners, artists, hospitality leaders, and life at night industry experts. Members of this group will continue to convene monthly in subgroups and quarterly as a large group to advance the various recommendations in the Life at Night in the Creative Capital report. To learn more about the work and read the full report, click here.