Mission & History

Mission

AIPC serves as a forum for communication, coordination, and consensus building among Middletown, Newport, and Portsmouth, as well as the state of Rhode Island, Naval Station Newport, and other civic, state and federal organizations.

AIPC provides Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth and Naval Station Newport with the opportunities, tools, techniques and professional support to resolve island-wide issues.

AIPC facilitates solutions on critical island-wide comprehensive planning issues such as transportation, water quality, land use, and development.

Background

The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Its legal basis as a planning commission is found in Rhode Island General Law, Title 45, Chapter 22, which authorizes the establishment of a joint municipal planning commission for the purposes of promoting health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its communities.

Its legal basis as a planning commission is found in Rhode Island General Law, Title 45, Chapter 22, which authorizes the establishment of a joint municipal planning commission for the purposes of promoting health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its communities.

In 1985 the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth and the City of Newport each passed a resolution of commitment that set up the structure and purpose of AIPC.