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GAME ­PLANNING: Lori Manni, center, president of Capital City Construction & Management Services Inc., goes over documents with Al DeRobbio, left, project supervisor, and Oliver Carias, operating engineer of Local 57, at the company’s Cranston office.
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Manni not daunted by changes, challenges of commercial construction

Lori Manni knows her way around a sewer system. She’s spent the better part of two decades building miles of them. It’s not a...
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING: Beauregard Built LLC owner Olivia Beauregard launched the Providence-based design-build firm, specializing in interior and exterior work in residential and commercial new construction and renovation, five years ago. 
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Designer travels ‘Amazing’ journey to build her career

Olivia Beauregard has always been fascinated by how things work. While some kids spend their free time playing video games, Beauregard would lie in...
GETTING CREATIVE: Sascha Roberts, left, and Laura Afonso, co-owners of marketing and content creation company Honey Buns Social in Providence, look over photos during a session at a local studio space.
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She’s made it her business to show companies how to use...

Way back in the “digital Dark Ages” – 2005 to be exact– 14-year-old Sascha Roberts used to pass the time building a Myspace page...
LEARNING ­EXPERIENCE: Britt Riley says it took her two years to develop her business plans for The Haven Collection Inc., a combination day care, shared workspace and fitness center. 
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DAVID HANSEN

Riley built ‘Haven’ where parents could flourish

Of all the talents working parents have to master, juggling tops the list. Then again, that necessity can be the mother of creative life...
EARLY ­LESSON: ­Rebecca Johnson, owner of Sylvan Learning Center in Cumberland and Coventry, says she knew at a young age that she wanted to be a teacher. 
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Johnson’s made it her business to be a classroom ‘coach’

It’s a weekday afternoon at Sylvan Learning Center, and students large and small hover on cushioned chairs around little tables. One group of high school...
THERAPY TAKES ROOT: Behavior analyst Jenn Pohle named her Nettle & Ash Therapeutic Services practice after a strong, versatile, durable herb and a strong, grounded, long-lasting tree.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

Pohle offers therapeutic services for neurodivergent and LGBTQ youths

A phrase can tell a story in just a few words. Consider Nettle & Ash Therapeutic Services, the name of Jenn Pohle’s mental health...
PROBLEM-SOLVER: ­Rebecca Twitchell launched workplace consulting firm Half Full LLC with two partners 20 years ago to help companies achieve long-term goals and support their employees. After the Great Recession, Twitchell took over the business and positioned it with a stronger social impact model.  
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Twitchell helping companies achieve their goals while supporting their employees

For those who think showing vulnerability is an unusual business strategy, Rebecca Twitchell would like a word. Twitchell launched Half Full LLC, a workplace consulting...
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IN DEMAND: Newport Chowder Co. LLC owner Katie Potter offers some of her infamous seafood chowder from one of her two food trucks. 
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Potter educating customers on her seafood chowders ‘one cup at a...

Katie Potter is the keeper of a closely guarded family secret. It comes in small, artfully designed packets and she’s not giving it up. “My...
EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Helping kids with disabilities reach their full potential

The direction of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on. “When I was growing up, we didn’t have technology like cellphones. I played...
STYLE GUIDE: Interior designer Linda Greco of Linlocks Finds and Designs visits the showroom at Dal-Tile Services Inc. in Warwick, where she often gets materials for kitchen and bathroom remodeling projects. 
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She used creative instinct to craft a design-build firm

Anyone who’s building a new house, redoing a kitchen, even freshening up a lowly mudroom knows the process all seems straightforward until it’s time...
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