5/5/2021 Bernon Mills project ‘huge push forward’ for downtown A new plan to redevelop the Bernon Mills, a 3.9-acre former textile complex on the Blackstone River, offers promise for the city’s downtown. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem) Mixed-use development will bring ‘human capital’ to Main Street WOONSOCKET – A new project pitched by a New York-based developer is poised to become one of the largest mill redevelopments in the city and will almost certainly reshape the economic prospects of the city’s downtown. Brisa Development, an associate of Brisa Builders Corporation, has sub...