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Rhode Island zoning and planning alerts
How to watch Rhode Island zoning and planning board applications
Rhode Island already emails you when a zoning or planning board posts a meeting. That email does not name the applications.
Zoning Radar vs Shovels
Shovels Decisions is a national dataset of rezonings and entitlements. Zoning Radar emails the day a Rhode Island planning or zoning application hits an agenda.
Zoning Radar vs RI Open Meetings alerts
The Secretary of State's Open Meetings system already emails you when a public body posts a meeting. Zoning Radar reads the applications on the agenda.
Zoning Radar vs ZoneWire
ZoneWire watches council and commission meetings and transcribes them. In Rhode Island, as of September 2, 2026, that is Providence. Zoning Radar covers all 39 municipalities.