Zoo should be commended for pond stewardship
To the Editor:
We were disappointed in the way the July 31 Providence Business News article “Horsley Witten completes plan to address stormwater runoff at...
Housing Is economic infrastructure, and Congress has finally started treating it...
For years, New England employers have identified one challenge that cuts across nearly every industry: our region is not building enough homes to meet...
Fit for expansion
VP Fitness
(Published Sept. 7, 2018)
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011
TYPE OF BUSINESS: Fitness club
THEN:
OWNER: Joe Depena
LOCATION: 10 Dorrance St., Suite 200, Providence
EMPLOYEES: 28
ANNUAL SALES: $1.3 million
NOW:
OWNER: Joe...
Driving Forces: Karl Wadensten
Karl Wadensten
VIBCO Inc. president; R.I. Commerce Corp. board member
A LOT HAS changed at the R.I. Commerce Corp. over the years, including leadership, staff members,...
Why everyone benefits from a strong knowledge economy
Over the past 40 years, Rhode Island’s economy – like the nation’s – has been reshaped by global forces, rapid technological change and the...
Driving Forces: Iftikhar Ahmad
Iftikhar Ahmad
R.I. Airport Corp. CEO and president
IN SOME WAYS, running Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in the last five years has been a...
Driving Forces: David N. Cicilline
David N. Cicilline
Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president
DAVID N. CICILLINE’S 2023 resignation from Congress to take the top job at the Rhode Island Foundation...
Driving Forces: Arnold B. Chace Jr.
Arnold B. Chace Jr.
Cornish Associates LP founder and managing partner
ARNOLD B. “BUFF” CHACE JR. has always been bullish on the future of Providence’s evolving...
Driving Forces: Brenda Clement
Brenda Clement
HousingWorks RI executive director
BRENDA CLEMENT is impatient, and with good reason.
Clement, executive director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, has spent years...
Driving Forces: Christian Cowan
Christian Cowan
University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director;
Polaris Tech Bridge Executive director
THE SO-CALLED blue economy has become a massive focus of economic...
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