Economic Activity

THE NEW HOTEL, a Hampton Inn to be constructed at The Village at South County Commons, is to have 100 guest rooms. /

Washington Trust Co. financing $8.1M new hotel

Economic Activity 04/02/2007

The Washington Trust Co. Commercial Real Estate Group has provided Village Hotel Associates LLC with $8.1 million in financing to build a Hampton Inn...

R.I. firms’ exports surge 21% in ’06

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

Rhode Island companies last year exported $1.53 billion worth of goods, growing their foreign sales by 20.7 percent – including a big boost from...

JACK TEMPLIN, co-founder of the Providence Geeks, stands in the space at the American Locomotive Works complex where he and the EDC hope to create an IT incubator. /

A place to grow technology businesses

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

The R.I. Economic Development Corporation is working with a local IT entrepreneur and co-founder of the Providence Geeks to launch an IT and digital...

URI?S NEW Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, for which ground was broken last week, will allow for expanded research on everything from cancer to potential biofuels. /

URI begins construction of major biotech facility

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

The University of Rhode Island broke ground last week on its Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, a project to which the state’s leading...

'We're getting the station into local ownership, where it belongs,' says WRNI General Manager Joe O?Connor. /

WRNI getting local owners,<br> expanded coverage area

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

Since taking the job as general manager of WRNI (1290AM), the state’s National Public Radio station, Joe O’Connor has pushed for signal expansion and...

PROVIDENCE Art Windows fills empty storefronts with works such as 'Fragment Land,' a quilt by Mia Capodilupo of Chicago. /

Turning empty windows into artists’ showcases

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

At night, Maureen Keaveny’s window is a black-light-illuminated sculpture of recycled paper shaped into shrubbery. The Rhode Island School of Design junior calls it...

SBA hires Conn. firm to demolish<br> buildings at Rocky Point

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

WARWICK – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island office says it has hired Fuss & O’Neill, a full-service engineering firm based in Manchester,...

DENTAL HYGIENIST Mary O?Connor works on a patient at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, which is building a much larger dental facility nearby. /

Expanding dental services<br> for northern R.I.’s poor

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

Aiming to address what its executive director calls “a major public health concern,” Blackstone Valley Community Health Care is turning a former bank hall...

Workforce Board awards $1.3M for job training

Economic Activity 03/31/2007

CRANSTON – The Governor’s Workforce Board last week awarded $1,298,665 in grants to 69 Rhode Island employers to support employee training. The grants, which ranged...