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Streamlined DEP permits have worked, report says
BOSTON – Initiatives to streamline permitting at the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection have dramatically shortened the time to permit and removed unnecessary barriers to jobs and economic growth, according to a report released by Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week. more
4/1/13
Taveras backs freeze in commercial property tax
In his first year in office, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras just wanted to survive the “category 5 fiscal hurricane” brought about by the recession and years of city policy decisions. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/1/13

Nurse residency program seen improving patient care
The current demand for nurses is only expected to grow in the coming years. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/8/13

Suspended city loan program victim of own success
121nexus used its $50,000 Providence Innovation Investment Program loan to hire its first employee and four interns to develop a mobile voter-data system in time for the 2012 presidential election. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/8/13

I-195 Commission set to offer candidate executive directorship
The Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission has chosen Jan Brodie, a former vice president of the Armory Revival Co. now working for a Boston nonprofit developer, to be its first executive director, Commission Chairman Colin Kane confirmed Thursday. more
Effort to better ‘connect’ city lands in Copenhagen
Andy Cutler, founder of Cutler & Co., has spent the past two years and plenty of his own money working on an initiative that aims to connect Providence with other smaller cities around the world. Drawn to the similarities between Providence and Copenhagen, he selected the Danish city as the first focus of Smaller Cities Unite!, an initiative designed to link Rhode Island’s capital with other cities that have populations of 1.5 million or less, and that share commonalities such as student engagement, economic development, policy, entrepreneurship and arts and culture. After months of forging virtual connections with residents of Copenhagen and trying to build local support, Cutler recently traveled to the city. He spent 11 days there discussing ways to form lasting connections between the two cities. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/15/13

Bryant forging economic, educational ties to China
Ronald K. Machtley, president of Bryant University, raised his glass of baijiu, a Chinese white liquor, and toasted the signing of two new educational partnership agreements with the People’s Republic of China, paraphrasing a Chinese saying popularized by Mao Zedong: “Each new partnership begins with a single step.” more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 4/15/13
Changes come slowly to EDC
Reforming the state agency at the heart of the 38 Studios LLC loan guarantee has been as deliberate, modest and incremental as the video game company’s collapse was sudden and spectacular. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/15/13

Chambers collaborate on Mass. tourism mission
Despite their like missions, local chambers of commerce have not always gotten along. But in Bristol County, Mass., at least, necessity has led to collaboration where it previously didn’t exist. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

‘One thing [won’t] fix our economy’
With his city’s fiscal position stabilized, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has turned toward growing the local economy and redeveloping underutilized properties. That’s brought him up against some of the most difficult and expensive challenges in Rhode Island. They include saving its tallest building, the Industrial Trust Tower, and its most spectacular historic-redevelopment failure, the South Street Power Station (Dynamo House). They also include bringing long-sought streetcar service to the capital city and replacing abundant surface parking lots with productive, activity-generating buildings. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

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