Lori Stabile
Group prepares to build on Blackstone River revival
The Blackstone River played a key role in the Industrial Revolution: more than 100 mills and mill villages were built around it and its...
SEEKING BALANCE: Developers see financial benefits of live-work-play projects
No matter what Joan and Tony Assante want to do, they usually don’t have to go far to get it done.
Grocery shopping? There’s a...
State theatre aims to reflect all of Rhode Island on and...
PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS
Arts (Large Company): Trinity Repertory Company
Four years ago, Trinity Repertory Company created a position to oversee its long-standing...
Academy Players work to make the theater a space for all
PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS
Arts (Small Company): Academy Players of Rhode Island
Twenty years ago, Rita Maron moved the Academy Players of Rhode...
Inside the box: Atlantic Paper’s human touch fuels manufacturing success
PBN 2025 Manufacturing Awards
MANUFACTURING CHAMPION: David Spencer, owner and CEO, Atlantic Paper & Supply
Atlantic Paper & Supply CEO David Spencer estimates that the Pawtucket...
BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades
Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....
PMC Media Group a rising media mogul
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES
$2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 2 . PMC Media Group
CEO (or equivalent): Darren Jodoin, president
2024 Revenue: $3.8 million
2022 Revenue: $2.8...
Vertikal6 gets technical with its growth
PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES
$2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 3. Vertikal6
CEO (or equivalent): Rick Norberg
2024 Revenue: $12.5 million
2022 Revenue: $9.7 million
Revenue growth: 28.7%
RICK NORBERG,...
URI lab is a real (plant) lifesaver for farms, landscapers
Roots Farm co-owner Kelli Roberts’ Asian greens were wilting and she wasn’t sure what was causing the problem, so she contacted the Plant Diagnostic...
In two disadvantaged R.I. cities, a pilot business program focuses on...
Olga Saucedo made her lifelong dream of owning a restaurant come true, opening Cultura Mixta Family Restaurant in Central Falls last spring.
In May 2024,...



















