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OVERSEER: The Miriam Hospital President Maria Ducharme talks about the construction planned at the hospital for the next few years. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...

The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...

R.I.’s luxury real estate market proving to be attention-getting

Netflix reality show star Ryan Serhant is looking to make a big splash in the Ocean State’s real estate market by expanding his brokerage...
A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT: Marisa Angell Brown, Providence Preservation Society executive director, is eagerly awaiting the redevelopment of the former Providence Journal headquarters at Westminster and Eddy streets in downtown Providence. The building has been mostly vacant for more than a decade. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality

For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...
ON THE MOVE: Stephan Vaast, Comet’s head of manufacturing and design, says the company moved into its current location at Unity Park in Bristol just a few months ago. Boards had been made on the West Coast for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Comet to make a change. 
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Meet the Makers: Bristol-based skateboard manufacturer is picking up momentum

(Editor’s note: This is the 34th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Dawn ­Thilmany


Food entrepreneurs fueling a demographic shift

Visit just about any downtown on a weekend and you will likely happen upon a farmers market. Or, you might grab lunch from a...
GIVING GUIDANCE: Long-time ­basketball coach Ramel “Mel” Moore says he ­realized during the COVID-19 pandemic that his skills with leading athletes on the court serve him well as a life coach. 
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Everybody’s Business: Moore found his coaching applied beyond the court

(Editor’s note: This is the 58th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: John Faella is the owner of Sterling Cleaners Inc., which is located across the street from the Cranston Street Armory in the West End of Providence. Faella says his business benefits from the armory being used as a sound stage for TV and film productions because crews seek his services when they need costumes cleaned or repaired, which can bring in an additional $5,000 to $7,000 of business per production.
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For some local businesses, film productions are lights, camera… extra money

Sterling Cleaners Inc. in the working-class West End of Providence might feel like a world away from the glitz of Hollywood, but it’s closer...
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...
DEVELOPING SITUATION: About 7 acres of land in the I-195 Redevelopment District remain available for build-out. The 195 District Park on the west side of the Providence River, seen above, will remain open space – except for a 3,500-square-foot food and beverage pavilion under construction near the center of the park. 
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CAUTION ZONE? As I-195 district projects proceed, economic factors have some...

Developer D+P Real Estate Inc. toiled for years on plans for a six-story, 240,000-square-foot, mixed-use building along Interstate 195 in Providence that would have...
INPATIENT ­REHAB: Daniel Parkinson is the CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Johnston, a rehab facility that opened last year.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Foes of Johnston rehab hospital now say it’s a success

At first, Encompass Health Corp.’s pitch to build an inpatient rehabilitation hospital was met with objections from local health care leaders who argued that...
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