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A SOUND BUSINESS PLAN: Mark Scetta, owner of Stellar Audio Forensics LLC in Providence, with the equipment he uses to analyze sound recordings for legal cases and other matters. 
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Forensic audio analysts still thrive in AI world

Whether it’s the click of a pen, the timing of a gunshot or the acoustics of a car horn, it’s the little details that...

Challenges strengthen resolve to endure

AS PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS celebrates its 40th anniversary, we reflect on what this milestone means, not only for our organization, but for the Rhode...

Election26: Is it time for a change?

This week’s cover story headline asks what every political race involving incumbents comes down to: Is it “Time for change?” The focus is Providence’s Democratic...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee

Resilient Rhody needs a strong workforce

For 40 years, Providence Business News has been reporting on the economic and workforce changes, challenges and milestones that have helped shape the Rhode...
Brenda Clement

No one should be ‘without a place to call home’

FOR MANY RHODE ISLANDERS, economic stability relies substantially on the cost and location of their housing. A healthy, well-functioning housing market balances the needs for...
Edinaldo Tebaldi

Blueprint for prosperity: Aligning capital, talent and innovation

RHODE ISLAND finds itself at a unique crossroads. The Ocean State has weathered headwinds, maintained relatively low unemployment rates, increased housing development and refocused...
HAROLD M. HORVAT

Choose purposeful growth in uncertain times

For 40 years, Providence Business News has chronicled the moments when organizations across our region chose to grow with intention. That perspective matters now...
BALANCED APPROACH: Blaine’s Sewing Machine Center owners Kate and Tim Palaski maintain an old-school mentality of supporting the customer and offering unique services while adapting to change with the times.
PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE BERNABA

Sewing success with new owners


Blaine’s Sewing Machine Center (Published Oct. 23, 2020) YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1950 TYPE OF BUSINESS: Retail sales and service of sewing machines, fabric THEN: NAME: Blaine Enterprises Inc. (dba Blaine...
HELPING HAND: Dan Wood, owner and founder of DWRI Letterpress LLC print shop, works in 2008 with Lois Harada, shop manager, on the Polyman 50 automatic-fed cylinder letterpress at the shop’s headquarters in Providence. 
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Still profiting from hands-on printmaking

DWRI Letterpress LLC (Published June 8, 2018) YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2003 TYPE OF BUSINESS: Letterpress printing company THEN: NAME: Dan Wood Rhode Island Letterpress OWNER: Dan Wood LOCATION: 40 Rice St., Providence EMPLOYEES:...
RICH TRADITION: David Grande, owner of Savon Shoes, at the company’s North Providence location. Grande bought Jamiels Shoe World in 2013. 
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Savon continues Jamiels legacy

Savon Shoes (Published April 24, 1995) YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1982 TYPE OF BUSINESS: Shoe sales THEN: NAME: Jamiels Shoe World OWNER/PRESIDENT: Lily Jamiel LOCATION: Warren and West Warwick EMPLOYEES: 70 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1983 ANNUAL REVENUE:...
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