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Council tables Newport Design Week gala permit after neighbors raise past ticketing concerns
Summary
A special-event permit for a ticketed Newport Design Week gala at a private residence was tabled after neighbors and councilors cited concerns about commercial use of a residential property and past undisclosed ticketed events.
The Newport City Council voted to table a special‑event permit application for a Newport Design Week gala proposed for June at a private residence on Narragansett Avenue, citing neighbor concerns about using a residential property for a ticketed commercial event and questions about prior events.
Applicant Carol Swift told the council the event would be a fundraiser and an earlier plan to use the ballroom was moved last year to Salve Regina; she described this year’s plan as a shorter cocktail event with British cars from the Audrain and a speaker from the Audrain Automobile Museum. “Yes, we are selling tickets,” she said when asked by a councilor.
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