Patricia Daddona, Author at Providence Business News

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ONLY SIX OF THE 12 indicators comprising Rhode Island's Current Conditions Index showed improvement in June, contributing to a CCI of 50 that suggests the economy neither grew nor shrank during the month. Among the negative factors in June were higher unemployment claims and benefit exhaustions. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Lardaro: R.I. economic momentum ‘hangs by a fingernail’

Capital Goods 08/11/2014

(Updated, 9:20 a.m.) SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Downgrading Rhode Island’s economic momentum from “precarious” to “tenuous,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro said June’s Current...

COST OF LIVING: Karl Martone, a broker associate with Re/Max Properties in Smithfield, says he sees some improvement in the local housing market, but the cost of land and building roads and a lengthy planning process make homes costing less than $300,000 hard to come by. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tight financing crimps construction

Capital Goods 08/09/2014

Tim Grenier, owner of the Grenier Group in East Greenwich, is trying to fill out a Warwick Neck 8-lot subdivision by building a house...

HEAD START: From left: Jarilyn Lizana, Taina Polanco and Anthony Maione, president and CEO of United Way of Rhode Island. The students are participating in the Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative at the Sophia Academy in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hasbro summer initiative sees reading, math gains

Nonprofit 08/09/2014

When evaluated by metrics and by standing in a national competition, students who’ve been participating in the Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative have been found...

EPIC STORIES: Seth Goldenberg, CEO of Jamestown-based Epic Decade, will present at Design Week RI. “A lot of what our work is about is being more transparent and showing business leaders how design thinking works,” he said. / COURTESY EPIC DECADE

Design Week to spotlight growing R.I. industry

Business Services 08/09/2014

Rhode Island is home to an estimated 2,000 individual designers and firms ranging in focus from graphic arts to industrial design, and as such,...

DAY ONE, Rhode Island's sexual and violent assault resource center, will host nine of the state's 11 colleges and universities for a four-day training session on how to prevent sexual violence.

Day One to offer sexual-assault prevention training for colleges

Education 08/08/2014

PROVIDENCE – Day One, a nonprofit organization that works to address sexual assault as a community concern, will host a training program in sexual-violence...

"The original open studio tour spanned the four towns in a unique, double-state artist collaboration, but it was not featured as we do so boldly now."

Five Questions With: Kelly Milukas

Nonprofit 08/08/2014

Kelly Milukas is a multi-media, modern fine artist, working in pastels, resin, metal and watercolor. She is also founder and president of the South...

RIF fund gives 8 scholarships

Nonprofit 08/08/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Association of Former Legislators Scholarship Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1,500 scholarships to eight members of...

Big Brothers Big Sisters gets $10K in donations

Nonprofit 08/08/2014

CRANSTON – Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State has received $10,000 in donations from a Toyota dealership and its company match. The nonprofit...

Pawtucket nonprofits get grants

Nonprofit 08/08/2014

TAUNTON – Eight Pawtucket-based nonprofits are receiving $26,000 in grant awards from Bristol County Savings Bank, through its charitable arm, the Bristol County Savings...