The power of listening
Gaetan L. Kashala | The Pawtucket Foundation executive director
As I approach my one-year anniversary as executive director of The Pawtucket Foundation, one lesson stands...
Connecting co-workers through creativity
The corporate world is a different place now than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. With more people working in hybrid and remote positions,...
PBN names 2025 Best Places to Work honorees
PROVIDENCE – Sixty-four honorees have been named by Providence Business News for its 2025 Best Places to Work Awards program.
Each of the companies and...
Ocean Community Chamber buys blighted Westerly building for $350K
WESTERLY – The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce announced on Wednesday that it has purchased a blighted building in downtown Westerly, which it plans...
CODAC Behavioral Health’s Bourdeau, JPS Construction’s Skrajewski among PBN’s C-Suite honorees...
WARWICK – When Alisha Bourdeau began her career at CODAC Behavioral Healthcare 14 years ago, it was with the genuine desire to do meaningful...
Ryan Family Amusements to become Walnut Hill Bowl’s new owner
WOONSOCKET – Rhode Island’s northernmost tenpin bowling center will have a new owner just before the summer begins.
Bourne, Mass.-based Ryan Family Amusements will assume...
Roberts named SBA’s 2025 Small Business Person of the Year in...
PROVIDENCE – Kaitlyn Roberts, CEO of Easy Entertaining Inc., has been named the 2025 Small Business Administration's Small Business Person of the Year in...
Centreville Bank awarded naming rights to RIFC stadium
PAWTUCKET – Four years ago, when some doubt existed if professional soccer could thrive in Rhode Island, Centreville Bank Chairman, CEO and President Harold...
Cameron & Mittleman’s DelPonte, R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadership Conference’s Ajakaiye among PBN’s...
PROVIDENCE – Karen G. DelPonte, partner for Cameron & Mittleman LLP, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner...
Giordano: Partnership for R.I. to focus on making state business-friendly
PROVIDENCE – When Tom Giordano arrived in Rhode Island in 2017 to lead Partnership for Rhode Island, then a newly formed nonprofit CEO roundtable,...

















