AT WHAT COSTS? PBN survey: Businesses haven’t lost all hope despite expense worries

Christopher Allen

09/25/2026

CHUGGING ALONG: Matt Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, adjusts the pedal drive system on a fishing kayak in the store’s showroom. With him is John Van Ness, the store’s product specialist. Bosgraaf says the business is growing, helped by the recent acquisition of a kayak rental business.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Rhode Island business owners and executives are feeling better about their companies than they did a year ago, but that does not mean they are feeling good, according to Providence Business News’ 2026 Summer Business Survey. The latest survey results show a business community adapting to a difficult operating environment, with rising healthcare, labor, materials

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