Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
URI official: ‘No downside’ to consortium’s 46-MW project
Tucked behind a half-filled student parking lot, partially obscured by chain-link fencing, acres of solar panels are quietly powering a new future for the...
STEM-ing the flow: Is R.I.’s Wavemaker program reducing ‘brain drain’?
Architectural designer Kaitlin DeGregorio was weighing a job offer in New York 2½ years ago when she instead made a commitment to a construction...
PBN survey: In election year, more R.I. companies say no to...
Rhode Island businesspeople have revived their optimism about the future of the state economy, but they appear reluctant to back up their improved outlook...
R.I.’s height of luxury: Demand remains as volume of high-priced home...
The appetite for luxury homes along the Rhode Island coast doesn’t seem to be waning, as evidenced by two transactions above the $10 million...
After years of promise, R.I. medtech sector emerging from Boston’s shadow
After working for a large company for more than a decade, Dom Messerli was on his own for the first time in 2016.
He’d just...
T.F. Green Airport’s growth plans thrown off course
In early October 2017, a crowd of state and federal officials descended on T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, celebrating the completion of a runway...
Developer behind $400M project in Pawtucket recruiting private investors
Brett Johnson is quickly becoming a household name in Pawtucket, thanks to his development company’s plans for a $400 million mixed-use project anchored by...
Big question in Pawtucket: What to do with McCoy Stadium?
Pawtucket and R.I. Commerce Corp. initially sought proposals for “McCoy Stadium and Pawtucket Downtown Development.” But the winning selection, Fortuitous Partners’ $400 million soccer...
Many R.I. businesses partner overseas, but state’s trade-zone designation has yet...
Cargo ships carrying components for Block Island Wind Farm’s enormous wind turbines arrived regularly at Providence’s port in 2015 and 2016, when the wind...
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