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PEDP to renew lending
When city officials explain why they didn’t terminate the Providence Economic Development Partnership’s troubled loan program this year following a damning federal report, they point to businesses such as Providence Specialty Products, owner of Narragansett Creamery, that it’s helping grow. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/24/12

RIPEC: State rankings hurt by high cost of doing business
The high cost of doing business in Rhode Island has hurt the state in recent national rankings, according to a new report released Thursday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. more
| 12/20/12
Pagliarini named EDC chief of staff
Acting on recommendations from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, John R. “J.R.” Pagliarini has been named the R.I. Economic Development Council’s inaugural chief of staff, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Tuesday. more
| 12/18/12
R.I. ranked 2nd worst state to do business
On Forbes Magazine’s list of the Best States for Business, Rhode Island ranked 49th, beating out only Maine as the worst state in the country to do business. more
| 12/13/12 | 1 comment
Wind developers, environmental groups reach agreement
In what is being called “a first of its kind collaboration,” a coalition of environmental organization and offshore wind developers have agreed to a series of voluntary measures to help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale while helping to expedite offshore wind development. more
PPS lands $341K for Brick School House purchase, preservation
The Providence Preservation Society will purchase the 1769 Brick School House from the city of Providence thanks to a $341,500 grant from The Champlin Foundations, the preservation society announced Tuesday. more
| 12/11/12
QDC, RIDOT land $6M to repair storm damage, fund upgrades
The Quonset Development Corporation and the R.I. Department of Transportation will receive $6 million in federal funding to make upgrades and repairs related to storm damage caused by 2011’s Hurricane Irene, Rhode Island lawmakers announced Monday more
| 12/10/12
Commission lays groundwork for sale of I-195 land
A little more than a year since the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission first met, few changes are visible on the 41 acres of urban scrubland freed by the removal of the highway overpass. But that doesn’t mean that nothing is being done in the effort to take advantage of one of Rhode Island’s best real estate and economic-development opportunities in decades. Through environmental work and pre-permitting, the commission has already made the 21 buildable acres much more attractive to potential buyers. The next steps facing the commission include taking ownership of the land from the R.I. Department of Transportation and then figuring out how to pay for maintenance of the parcels, sidewalks and 14 acres of parks. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/10/12

History proves education investments get best return
Brown University sociology professor John R. Logan came of age in the mid-1960s during a time when the country was undergoing tremendous social, political and economic changes. While many of his fellow college students at the time immersed themselves in those changes, Logan was so fascinated that understanding how they occur and impact society became his life’s work. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/10/12

Chafee, business leaders at odds on view of economy
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s latest idea for repairing the Rhode Island economy may be his most controversial. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/10/12

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