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A GOOD YARN TO TELL: Katy Westcott started her company on a shoestring in 2012, and now Katrinkles Inc., a maker of tools and other items for crafters, is a substantial manufacturing business in Providence. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Fabric of her company crafted from a hobby

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Katy Westcott, Katrinkles Inc. Katy Westcott is a designing woman. She knits socks, crochets sweaters, spins yarn and sews her...

Duffy stepping down as co-executive director of AS220

PROVIDENCE – AS220 will see changes to its leadership this summer.  Shauna Duffy, who has been with AS220 for nearly 30 years, is stepping down as co-executive director...
IVY PLACE, an affordable housing development on Ivy Street in East Providence, features "live-work" units that qualify for the city's new tax break intended to encourage the development of more affordable housing. COURTESY CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE

Housing advocates encouraged by E.P.’s new live-work tax break to spur...

As more communities develop mixed-use residential developments, housing advocates say that live-work tax breaks, such as a tax exemption recently implemented for owner-occupied business...
A GOOD YARN TO TELL: Katy Westcott started her company on a shoestring in 2012, and now Katrinkles Inc., a maker of tools and other items for crafters, is a substantial manufacturing business in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Fabric of her company crafted from a hobby

Katy Westcott is a designing woman. She knits socks and crochets sweaters. She spins yarn and even sews her own clothes. So her life...

R.I. Foundation awards $130K in grants to 22 organizations supporting Black...

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-two nonprofit organizations that serve the state’s Black community were awarded close to $130,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, the...

State awards $2M in Placemaking Initiative grants to 26 municipalities and...

CENTRAL FALLS – State officials on Wednesday announced that 26 municipalities and nonprofits received $2 million in Placemaking Initiative awards to support outdoor and...

11 local organizations, 1 artist receive $300K in national arts funding

PROVIDENCE – Eleven local arts entities and an individual artist received a combined $300,000 in National Endowment for the Arts grants to support various...

BankRI awards more than $69K in grants to 20 groups

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded a total of $69,500 in grants to 20 organizations across the state, ranging from an organization that...
BLANK CANVAS: Arts students work on paintings at Riverzedge Arts Project Inc. Leaders at the Woonsocket-based social service and arts organization had to put its fall programming on hiatus due to a lack of financial help for its operations. 
COURTESY RIVERZEDGE ARTS PROJECT INC.

Without state help, arts groups paint dire financial picture

FACING A FALL SEASON with little financial help from the state, arts and cultural organizations across Rhode Island are paring down operations, scrambling to...

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