Providence Parks
Maintenance
Keeping our parks, playgrounds, buildings, and amenities safe, functional, and welcoming every day.
About Maintenance
Our Maintenance team is the skilled workforce behind the year-round care, repair, and improvement of Providence’s parks, playgrounds, athletic facilities, buildings, and public amenities. From Certified Playground Safety Inspectors, welders, carpenters, electricians, and mechanics to skilled maintenance crews, our team completes thousands of work orders each year while also building, repairing, and enhancing the features that keep our parks safe, functional, welcoming, and ready for the public.
This experienced team maintains our irrigation systems, waterparks, park utility buildings and concession stands, lighting, playgrounds, athletic and fitness equipment, park amenities and furnishings like benches, fences, and signage. The team is skilled in carpentry, masonry, and painting tasks as well as electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. We also complete larger graffiti removal tasks and pressure washing. Our dedicated vehicle and small engine mechanics keep our fleet and power equipment up and running smoothly. We also facilitate our own inventory and supply for the Parks Department out of our Grounds Maintenance facility within Roger Williams Park.
Photo Gallery
Parks Maintenance crew sealcoating walkway at Waterplace Park
Parks team pressure washing Crawford St Bridge - Providence River Park
Parks crew installing Playground equipment at Viscolosi Park
Parks Mechanic under the hood of a 2015 3500 landscape truck on a roadside assistance call
Parks Maintenance installed statue at Waterman Dog Park
Parks crew installed new synthetic turf at Donigian Park
Parks crew created a model park with playground, ballfield, basketball court, and skatepark as a teaching tool
Parks crew removing old chiller for City Center Rink- now turned into a performance stage at Biltmore Park
Recent Projects
Downtown Parks
- Crawford St. Bridge. -Repaired and resurfaced walls along inside of bridge wall including preparation for Mosaic Tile Art installation
- City Center Rink- Built from scratch and installed two metal service gates.
- Biltmore Park – Completed Stage on the site of the former Rink Chiller with 6 custom fabricated bollards for post and chain fence, brick facade, electrical access, and skateboard stops. Replaced sprinkler heads.
- Burnside Park – Replaced first of 3 large cargo nets on playground, cleaned fountain, and repaired wrought iron fence.
Neighborhood Parks
- Multiple Parks – Collyer, Conlan Junior, Davis, Father Lennon, Hopkins, Lippitt, Neutaconkanut, Prete- Field and walkway light repair or replacement
- Multiple Parks – Conducted thorough inspections of all 67 playgrounds within the last 60 days, including evaluating all of the “school parks” before the school year began.
- Davis Park- Pulled 555 ft. of wire for new scoreboard.
- Gano Park – installed commemorative plaque, extensive site work around the basketball court to install new electrical conduit to restore service to existing court lights. Demolished Asphalt and Dugouts at Gano Baseball Field.
- Gladys Potter Park – Rebuilt playground see saw
- Neutaconkanut Park – Replaced three playground features that had been vandalized
- JT Owens Park -Extensive Irrigation, Carpentry, and Fence work to prepare dugouts and fields for Mayor’s Cup Tournament Play.
Roger Williams Park
- Roger Williams Park Botanical Center – replaced lights and repaired leaking pipe for filtration system
- Roger Williams Park Casino- Emergency slate roof repair
- Roger Williams Park Japanese Garden – Repaired pumps
- Roger Williams Park Museum – Replaced downspout and light bulbs
- Roger Williams Park Temple to Music – Removed and replaced fountain for pond aeration
Maintenance Solutions
Please utilize PVD311 to streamline service requests for Park Maintenance Issues
Maintenance Skills
- Irrigation
- Welding
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- HVAC
- Carpentry
- Masonry & Concrete
- Playground Equipment Installation and Repair
- Rubber Playground Safety Surfacing Repair
- Painting
- Fence Work
- Pressure Wash & Graffiti Removal
- Snow Removal
- Work Order System
- Inventory Control System
- Equipment Maintenance
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Safety first
- Team oriented
- Great sense of humor
Heavy Equipment Operations
Find us at periodic “Touch-a-Truck” events:
- Backhoe
- Skid Steer
- Small Articulated Loader
- Compact Excavator
- Hook Lift Truck
- Boat for Maintenance of Pond Aerators
Languages Spoken
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- English
Providence Parks creates and maintains exceptional, accessible green spaces that serve as the foundation for wellbeing, quality of life, and environmental stewardship in Providence, Rhode Island.
Contact
Providence Parks Department
City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
Superintendent: Wendy Nilsson
providenceri.gov/parks