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Recipe to reverse blight needs more seasoning

Providence planners are proposing what on its face is a creative response to blighted neighborhoods wrought by the foreclosure crisis. The city is offering...

A heftier biz plan will yield large benefits

The idea is as timely as it is audacious. By challenging the Ocean State’s business community to up its contribution to the Rhode Island...

Solar energy plans a bright idea for R.I.

We applaud the bold plans by a Portsmouth developer to re-use 85 of the 260 acres that the U.S. Navy is leaving on Aquidneck...

State must speak with single voice on tourism

Consultants developing the latest plan to stimulate tourism say the Ocean State lacks a recognizable image for tourists to relate to. When visitors were asked...

The human element is best growth engine

Two artist/developers are turning one of the Woonasquatucket River mills – the former Easter Butcher Block Corp. property – into affordable studio space for...

For hospitals, bigger is financially better

In the latest report on the health of hospitals, the R.I. Department of Health found the patients to be anemic. But those who had...

New view welcome in treasurer’s office

Quickly, which candidate for statewide office won the most votes earlier this month? If you guessed Gina Raimondo, the general treasurer-elect, then go the...

Nimble is watchword of 2010 BEA winners

Last week, the Rhode Island business community gathered to celebrate the 10th annual Business Excellence Awards hosted by Providence Business News. As usual, the...

URI an example of how to invest in the future

The amount of the grant is modest. But the $745,000 that the University of Rhode Island has received from the federal government to help...

Voters push Rocky Point a step closer to reuse

Opportunities can be found even in the darkest of economic times. Voters may one day look back on their support of a $10 million...
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