THE PROVIDENCE METRO AREA posted slow but steady growth in all three categories of the Brooking's Institution's Inclusive Growth Index between 2015 and 2016, just one of 11 metros to do so in that time frame. / COURTESY BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area ranked No. 71 among the 100 largest metros in the nation for economic growth from 2015 to 2016, No. 36 for prosperity and No. 49 for inclusion, according the Brookings Institution’s 2018 Metro Monitor report released in February. Although the Providence metro didn’t rank in the top 20…