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Hope & Main making food Providence’s business

Dining Out 11/25/2022

Lisa Raiola, founder and president of food business incubator Hope & Main in Warren, shared insights from her years of bringing amateur cooks through...

HOPE & MAIN in 2023 will open a new Downtown Makers Marketplace at 100 Westminster St. in Providence. Pictured, from left, are Joseph R. Paolino Jr., Paolino Properties LP managing partner; Barbara Papitto, The Papitto Opportunity Connection founder; Lisa Raiola, Hope & Main founder and president; and Tony Lopez, owner of Schasteâ. / COURTESY HOPE & MAIN

Hope & Main to open downtown marketplace in Providence

Food & Agriculture 11/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s prominent food business incubator will soon have a significant presence in the city. Additionally, the organization is currently negotiating to occupy...

THE UNITED WAY of Rhode Island received a $1 million commitment from Papitto Opportunity Connection to help fund the proposed nonprofit resource center.

United Way of R.I. receives $1M commitment for planned nonprofit resource...

News Story 03/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – The United Way of Rhode Island’s push to create a statewide nonprofit resource center was given a seven-figure financial boost, courtesy of...

Cox Communications, Read to Succeed deliver 3,210 books to 535 Providence...

Nonprofit 06/15/2021

PROVIDENCE – Summer literacy and scholarship program Read to Succeed and Cox Communications delivered 3,210 free books to city students on June 2. Books went...