Hope, Providence, Rhode Island

Hope is sometimes referred to as "Summit", named for the street that runs through the middle of the neighborhood.

Though "Hope" is officially recognized, residents and the local neighborhood organization more often use "Summit".

[1] The area that is now Hope was first settled in the seventeenth century by farmers and tavernkeepers following present-day North Main Street out of the center of Providence, establishing a strong rural community.

In the 1920s, many of these were bought by a growing community of Russian Jews who would have a strong presence in the area until World War II.

As of 1990 Census, the neighborhood was home to 3464 individuals and was roughly 80% non-Hispanic white, 8.2% black, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian or pacific islander with the remaining 6% either reporting other or multiple races.