Did state and local leaders do everything they could to keep Hasbro Inc. from moving to Boston next year?
When Pawtucket leaders learned the company was again considering a move, city leaders proposed Hasbro take over a 20-acre parcel that includes the former Apex building.
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In November, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission offered a key 1-acre plot on the west side of the Providence River to Hasbro for $1 to persuade the company from relocating to Massachusetts.
State and city leaders, including in Providence, where the company was founded more than a century ago, publicly said they wanted Hasbro to stay.
But there was little public response from Pawtucket-based Hasbro to any of the proposals. In 2018, the company also considered plans for a new headquarters and Massachusetts officials actively began courting the global toy maker.
This year they finally succeeded in getting the company to leave the Ocean State.
