Patrick Anderson
Hope & Main cuts ribbon on R.I.’s first food business incubator
WARREN – The $3.2 million Hope & Main culinary incubator officially opened Friday in the renovated former Main Street School with a ribbon cutting...
Report: Housing in R.I. remains out of reach for many
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island communities made no progress toward increasing the affordability of housing last year, HousingWorks Rhode Island at Roger Williams University said...
R.I. homes sales, prices fall in August compared with 2013
WARWICK - Rhode Island single-family home sales fell 8 percent in August compared with the same period last year, the Rhode Island Association of...
Newport Yachting Center sold
NEWPORT – Newport Harbor Corp. has sold the Newport Yachting Center on the city’s waterfront to Peregrine Group LLC for an undisclosed price, the...
Commerce RI sends $3M to Slater for energy sector investments
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Commerce Corporation Monday authorized a $3 million investment in the Slater Technology Fund’s new venture capital fund for Rhode Island...
Providence wins $13 million federal grant to build streetcar system between...
PROVIDENCE – The city has won a $13 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to build a streetcar system between the East Side and...
ProJo union confirms layoffs, expects more, plans to fight
PROVIDENCE – The union representing Providence Journal newsroom employees says it will fight plans by new owners Gatehouse Media to outsource editing jobs.
In a...
Gilbane: Construction spending growing now, will keep climbing
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. construction market will grow significantly over the next 18 months, with spending increasing 7 percent in 2015, Gilbane Building Co....
Layoffs begin at ProJo
(Updated, 9:45 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Journal has begun laying off employees in advance of its acquisition by the parent of Gatehouse Media Inc.,...
JWU reveals $40M academic building plan for Jewelry District
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University Monday unveiled plans for a new $40 million academic building on former Interstate 195 land in Providence’s Jewelry...