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Education, workforce investments need patience to grow
Richard R. Spies became chairman of the Providence Plan in 2006, and continues to oversee the growth of the nonprofit and implementation of demonstration...
Military supplier eyes year-round clothing markets
Wild Things LLC, a provider of outerwear and tactical clothing for the military, is thriving today, but a year ago, the automatic budget cuts...
Monthly Quonset job fair has firms big and small
When Daniel Martineau, the line supervisor who screens job applicants for Trico Specialty Films, LLC, learned about the new monthly job fairs at the...
Hasbro a player in digital gaming
By the end of this year, toymaker Hasbro Inc. will have launched a console gaming channel featuring two versions of “Monopoly” to start, plus...
Arts groups target donor matches
This year, most of the 2nd Story Theater’s year-end fundraiser, which usually nets about $30,000, will be put toward a match to access more...
SEO leading some agents to sales
In today’s competitive online real estate market, Rhode Island agents and brokers say it’s a challenge to find buyers and sellers for their listings...
Beating illness put her on path to entrepreneurship
Beating a life-threatening illness led Lisa J. Raiola to launch a culinary incubator on Oct. 3 that is breathing new life into not only...
Libraries are places visitors should experience
H. Jack Martin returned to the Providence Public Library more than a decade after he first worked there as an art and music clerk,...
Recession put clamps on reverse mortgages
Kevin Hackman, an elder law attorney in Warwick, says he has about a dozen clients a year interested in reverse mortgages, only half of...
Firm has designs on filling host of client needs
Ed Forer’s company, Blue Sky Group, is a rags-to-riches story, though Forer will be the first to tell you serendipity, however opportune, cannot be...