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Beacon Bank collects record 7,500 pounds of food in Rhode Island...

PROVIDENCE – Beacon Bank collected more than 7,500 pounds of nonperishable food during its summer food drive in Rhode Island, a record for the...
FULFILLING ENDEAVOR: Farouk Rajab, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association, rose from restaurant host to the top job and said what he finds most rewarding is helping develop employees and seeing them become happy and successful. 
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Farouk Rajab

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 FAROUK RAJAB Rhode Island Hospitality Association CEO and president Making people comfortable is in Farouk Rajab’s DNA. Rajab was raised in...
It’s About People: Larry Riggs, president of Pare Corp. for nearly 40 years, has grown the civil and environmental engineering firm from 10 employees to almost 200, crediting his people’s character and skill. 
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Larry Riggs

PBN Leaders & AchieversA wards 2026 LARRY RIGGS Pare Corp. president When Larry Riggs became president of Pare Corp. in 1986, it was a single-office practice with...
GIVING GOALS: David N. Cicilline, who became Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president in 2023, unveiled a five-year strategy for the state’s largest funder of nonprofits in 2024. The new plan identified six community priorities that will guide the foundation’s grantmaking.
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Federal funding cuts put nonprofits to the test

It took years for Rhode ­Island’s nonprofits to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but the sector found it had a new...
Michelle Wilcox

Driving Forces: Michelle Wilcox

Michelle Wilcox Crossroads Rhode Island CEO and president WHEN MICHELLE WILCOX was named Crossroads Rhode Island’s CEO in 2024, she acknowledged a sobering reality: Combatting homelessness...

R.I. judge tosses Trump’s latest attempt to reconfigure federal homelessness programs

A Rhode Island federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from siphoning federal funds from no-strings-attached housing for formerly homeless individuals. In a pair...

PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...

Jenna Nutting

PBN 40 UNDER FORTY 2026 AWARDS JENNA NUTTING | 39 Vice president of support services, Crossroads Rhode Island What is the biggest challenge facing your industry? The...

Homelessness groups sue again in R.I. to block Trump’s latest HUD...

Three days after a Rhode Island federal judge struck down one version of the Trump administration’s homelessness grant rules, a coalition of communities and...

Crossroads R.I. to open cooling center amid heat wave

PROVIDENCE – Crossroads Rhode Island plans to open a temporary emergency cooling center as the state prepares for high temperatures later this week, the...
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