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READY TO LEASE: Hayes & Sherry broker Matt Fair, left, and firm partner Peter Hayes are marketing about 3,500 square feet of available space at Providence’s IGT Center. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

There are vacancies in Providence, but large office spaces limited

The slow, steady conversion of vintage downtown buildings into residential spaces, or boutique hotels, has tightened the supply of Class B office space in...
ADAPTIVE CYCLES: Scott Pellett, founder and CEO of Bike-On, was paralyzed from the waist down at age 15. Bike-On is an online retailer of recumbent trikes and adaptive cycles. With Pellett is employee Chris Coyne. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Regaining mobility on wheels

As the founder and CEO of Bike-On, an adaptive cycling and recreational mobility retailer, Scott Pellett knows that cycling is about more than just...
ORGANIC HEALTH: Kimberly Cornwell, owner and founder of Celadon Road Inc., an organic health and products company that sells mostly online, holds the refill size of her lavender laundry detergent, which has all-natural ingredients. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Local warehouse space in short supply with rise of e-commerce

As e-commerce continues to transform the retail industry, the demand for dependable, affordable storage space is on the rise in the United States. The trend...
SOFT SELL: Marita Loffredo, founder of Phalang-Ease Mittens LLC, came up with the idea for the gloves due to her own challenges with rheumatoid arthritis. / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Her struggles led to gloves to help others

Up until recently, Marita Loffredo didn’t think of herself as a businesswoman, “but necessity is the mother of invention,” she said. With late-stage rheumatoid arthritis,...
Bruce Newbury

Going behind the menu of 2 new unique R.I. eateries

“This is how my grandma made a hamburger!” Chef Kim Scarano sat in her new dining room telling the story behind what will be...

New campaign-finance law benefits incumbents

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo last month signed into law new campaign-finance rules that eliminate how much an individual can give to political candidates in...
NO LONGER HIDDEN: Ray Rickman, right, executive director, and Robb Dimmick, program director, opened the Stages of Freedom museum to educate the community about the experience of blacks in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Black history in R.I. remembered

Stages of Freedom has opened a retail location that will include seminars and exhibits on the experience of blacks in Rhode Island. The Providence-based museum,...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Drs. Amy and Ralph Pratt, owners of West Greenwich Animal Hospital, purchased a rooftop solar array, helped in part by a state Renewable Energy Fund grant.  / PBN PHOTO/
RUPERT WHITELEY

Not as powerful as expected, RGGI still a useful climate tool

Aside from death and taxes, what else can Rhode Islanders be sure of? Some would say sea-level rise. So it is more than a little...

Fiscal 2018 budget process not a joy to behold

One month after adjourning without a budget for fiscal 2018, the two houses of Rhode Island’s General Assembly resolved their differences and agreed to...

Net neutrality

Do you support net neutrality (the principal that internet-service providers cannot discriminate when providing access to the internet and web applications)? Yes 83.3% No 16.7% Do you...
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