Innovating in a traditional world
Tucked away in the woods off Route 2 in East Greenwich, in a simple 10,000-square-foot building, Chronomatic Inc. produces intricate logo jewelry and awards...
Resource Recovery wins award for battery recycling
Uniross, a rechargeable battery maker based in Woburn, Mass., has forged a partnership with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. to help consumers recycle...
Newport’s North End could soon see revitalization
In the area of redevelopment, Keith W. Stokes says, Newport has been at a disadvantage for years.
Other Rhode Island communities, such as Providence and...
Local credit unions join national branch network
Members of three Rhode Island credit unions can now walk into one of more than 2,200 credit union branches in 46 states and, with...
Casino gambling a perennial hot topic since ’90s
The town-wide “straw vote” on a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick came on a day so hot in June 1999 that then-Gov. Lincoln...
‘Perfect storm’ leads to housing boom in the city
During the recession of the early 1990s, housing development in Providence slowed along with the city’s real estate values. Just ask Arnold “Buff” Chace...
Tourism flourishes, yields billions for R.I. economy
It looked like difficult times for Rhode Island’s travel economy when David DePetrillo became the state’s tourism director in 1983.
Providence had just come out...
Credit union crisis shook R.I., left deep scars
Throngs of angry depositors gathered in the parking lot outside of Woonsocket’s Marquette Credit Union in the summer of 1991. Like thousands of Rhode...
Quonset Business Park: The land of opportunity
At the R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s offices in Providence, there’s a white board with a list of what Rhode Island needs to prosper in...
City’s river relocation spawns revitalization
They called it the “Chinese Wall.”
A series of elevated railroad tracks cutting through Providence, it had become a sign of the city’s decline. It...
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