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LIFESPAN DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY Gertrude Jones said that the company has modeled some practices after American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity. /

Lifespan aims to be a leader on workplace diversity

Government 03/22/2008

For more than four years, Gertrude Jones has led the charge for diversity in the work force at Rhode Island’s Lifespan hospitals. The Providence-born...

MILL RIVER MANOR, which was slated to have up to 42 age-restricted units, is being sold by developer Patrick Conley so he can focus on his Providence project. /

Conley selling Smithfield condo project for seniors

Economic Activity 03/22/2008

Developer Patrick Conley has lined up the architect, builder and needed permits for a planned 90,000-square-foot Smithfield project that he is heavily invested in....

JOHN C. WARREN, CEO of Washington Trust Co., said the international economy is strong despite domestic woes. /

Washington Trust CEO sees struggling state economy

Economic Activity 03/15/2008

The first in a series of newsmaker interviews with business community leaders focusing on the state’s budget deficit and the economy. Washington Trust Co. Chairman...

OWNER DAVID GRAVINO, in the expanded kitchen of Iggy’s Doughboys and Chowder House, at Oakland Beach in Warwick. /

Oakland Beach eateries ready for summer crowd

Hospitality & Tourism 03/15/2008

Between 1924 when it opened as Gus’s clam shack, and last October, the kitchen at what today is Iggy’s Doughboys and Chowder House was...

RICHARD FIELD, chairman and president of Autocrat, says he's had to raise prices due to a 25-percent jump in coffee futures. /

Higher coffee futures may not affect price of product

Capital Goods 03/15/2008

Don’t worry: The price of a cup of coffee at Providence’s Coffee Exchange isn’t going to skyrocket. But coffee futures have jumped about 25...

RHODE ISLAND CREDIT UNION University of Rhode Island Branch Manager Nancy L. Seale. The credit union opened at URI’s Memorial Union more than 30 years ago. /

Banks find new customers on R.I. college campuses

Business Services 03/15/2008

About four years ago, Salve Regina University was looking to increase on-campus banking options for its 2,000 undergraduate students, many of whom do not...

SASLOW LUFKIN & BUGGY certified public accountants Dan Connelly, Urszula
Skarzynski and Eric Piurkowski conduct an audit in the Turks Head Building, in the
second-floor office of a building tenant. /

FB Capital Partners puts its money on Providence

Economic Activity 03/15/2008

Looking down at Providence’s financial district from the 12th floor of the Turks Head Building, FB Capital Partners Managing Director Gary Brandeis said his...

DONATED MATERIALS have reduced the cost of renovations to the N.P. DPW building at 2 Mafalda Road. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

N.P. DPW project uses town workers

Real Estate 03/10/2008

Expected to be completed by early June for about $500,000, the renovation of the North Providence Department of Public Works is a bargain town...

KEVIN A. DILLON, director of T.F. Green, says a longer runway would help attract both coast-to-coast service and nonstop service to some international markets. /

Businesses see benefits to airport expansion

Capital Goods 03/08/2008

The 500,000-square-foot office park and 320-room hotel proposed by D’Ambra Construction as an extension of the planned train station at T.F. Green International Airport...