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

• Provide Middletown, Newport and Portsmouth and with the opportunities, tools, techniques and professional support to resolve island-wide issues

• Facilitate solutions on critical island-wide comprehensive planning issues such as transportation, water quality, land use and development

The services provided through the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission include: