Everybody’s Business: Looking to give Indigenous entrepreneurs a big lift
When Alexander “Brave Journey” Sterling returned to his home state of Rhode Island in 2022, he asked local members of his tribe, the Ramapo...
Bespoke garage preserves, perfects collectible cars
For Rhode Island car enthusiasts, finding a sanctuary for their prized vehicles has long been a challenge. That search now ends in Exeter, where...
Dirigo uses past experiences to train future leaders
After launching Atrion Inc., a two-person information technology company, in Exeter in 1987 and turning it into a $170 million operation nearly four decades...
Entrepreneurship as a tool for equity
PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS
Education: Won Strategy
From ideation and product design to financial literacy and marketing, Providence-based Won Strategy’s Why to How...
MindImmune Therapeutics $30M funding round, 6th tenant set stage for Ocean...
PROVIDENCE – As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease grows, typical treatments for the neurodegenerative illness are rooted in an approach that’s about 90 years old.
And that treatment shows...
Does Rhode Island have enough community news coverage?
In 2024 Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio merged and recently offered voluntary buyouts to help cover cuts in federal funding.
In September, Sinclair...
BROKEN NEWS? Outlets in search of sustainable community journalism model
Tapping away at his laptop at the Rochambeau Library in Providence, Steve Ahlquist doesn’t look the part of a pioneer.
He began reporting on Rhode...
Meet the Makers: An ice factory that refuses to melt away
(Editor’s note: This is the 39th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Keep city moving forward
David Salvatore | The Providence Foundation executive director
In times of uncertainty, though our instinct may be to slow down or pull back, it is...
Providence proves to be suited for pop-ups
Providence, with its compact commercial corridors and small retail bays, has proved to be a prime area for pop-up stores, giving local entrepreneurs a...
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