Kelly L. Anderson
Rents remain stable through turmoil
In a volatile economy and real estate market, Rhode Island rents have been a source of stability.
Unlike sales prices, rents in the Ocean State...
Providence sees jump in advanced-degree holders
What do Providence, Washington, D.C., and Indianapolis all have in common?
According to a recent study, their workforces are filling with the kind of brainy,...
Push on for electric-car adoption
At times, 2013 felt like the year of the electric car in Rhode Island.
Helped by federal stimulus funds, the state financed the construction of...
Newport dead end seen as road to diversification
It’s known in Newport as the “road to nowhere.”
That’s been the legacy of a stub of highway extending off the Pell Bridge in the...
Rebuilding labor pool in trades
A few years ago, a labor shortage in the building trades in the Providence area seemed difficult to imagine.
With the housing bubble burst and...
Long-planned pedestrian bridge closer to reality
The first permanent structure to rise from Providence’s Interstate 195 lands almost certainly won’t be a new office or apartment building, but the long-planned...
Survey: Manufacturers lacking growth practices
Are America’s small manufacturers poised for a resurgence or vulnerable to new technological disruption?
According to a survey of more than 3,000 U.S. companies about...
Lawyers no longer only purveyors of legal services
Most industries experience periods of disruptive change – so why not law?
Historically sheltered – by custom, regulation and steady demand – from the market...
Candidates wary of streetcar
Even a $13 million federal grant hasn’t convinced candidates for governor or mayor of Providence to embrace a proposed city streetcar system.
Pitched as...
Argentine debt clash: Who blinks?
Argentina is in default again, but its latest predicament is far from your garden-variety sovereign debt crisis. This time South America’s second-largest economy has...
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