Good fences make good business
Kenneth Brown was a salesman supporting a family when he decided to start installing fences as a side job on weekends. In 1981, when...
Sound Session creator aims <br>for international renown
Providence leaders have come to recognize the arts as an important economic engine for the city. One key player in raising the arts community’s...
Betting on the arts to revitalize the city
Lori Bradley recognizes the impact the creative economy is making in New Bedford.
As a ceramics/mixed-media artist and as part owner of a six-artist cooperative...
Tax credits promoting development
The vacant Hope Street School in Woonsocket’s Constitution Hill neighborhood used to be a major eyesore in an area that has been drawing new...
IYRS breaks ground on mill restoration
Newport’s International Yacht Restoration School broke ground today on a $7.5 million restoration of the 1831 Aquidneck Mill Building. Originally built for use in...
Quonset CEO replaced by deputy
The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has announced that Geoff Grout, the CEO of the Quonset Development Corporation, has departed. His duties will be assumed...
New England homes show energy leadership
BOSTON - New England states were among the leaders in building new single-family homes that earn the government’s Energy Star rating for energy efficiency,...
Retail sales fall in June
WASHINGTON - Retail sales in the United States fell in June by the largest amount in nearly two years, as high gasoline prices and...
Pontiac Mills hotel breaks ground
WARWICK – NYLO Hotels today broke ground on a facility in the mixed-use Pontiac Mills development in Warwick.
The hotel, which will be Atlanta-based NYLO’s...
National Grid offering gas efficiency program
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. – National Grid’s Rhode Island natural gas customers now have energy efficiency programs similar to those that the utility7 has had in...
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