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CHANGING INDUSTRY: Cheryl Burrell, right, associate director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Opportunity in the R.I. Department of Administration, is heading the state’s efforts to further diversify the construction industry. At left are Dorinda Keene, assistant administrator of MBE, or minority business enterprise, and Elvys Ruiz, chief supplier to diversity officer.
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Diversity elusive in construction

White men still dominate construction, though some companies are committed to changing that Born to immigrant families struggling to get by in Providence, Edwin A....
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Environmental Management has announced $2.6 million in brownfield grans to 12 projects. The funding was the remaining balance of the 2016 Green Economy Bond.

DEM awards $2.6M in brownfield grants from remaining 2016 Green Economy...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced a $2.6 million round of funding allocation from the 2016 Green Economy Bond in brownfield...
HEALTHSOURCE RI'S open enrollment period for health insurance consumers begins Nov. 1, 2018.

HSRI open enrollment starts Nov. 1, sign-ups expected to remain steady

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state’s health insurance exchange, begins its open enrollment period for the 2019 plan year Nov. 1, ending Dec. 23, anticipating...
A WORK IN PROGRESS: ­Competing agencies and their often at-odds agendas continue to make development in Providence less robust than it might be. 
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PAMELA BHATIA

PBN on WJAR-TV, Oct. 29, 2018

Despite some permitting improvements, developers often “going nowhere fast” in Providence Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to...
GOV. GINA M. RAMINDO and the R.I. Commerce Corp. have announced more than $1 million in awards from the Main Street Improvement Fund for nine municipalities. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo announces more than $1M in Main Street grants

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the R.I. Commerce Corp. announced more than $1 million in Main Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement...
A WORK IN PROGRESS: ­Competing agencies and their often at-odds agendas continue to make development in Providence less robust than it might be. 
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/
PAMELA BHATIA

State, local regulations still hampering development in R.I.

The opening of a March 2015 PBN story, titled “Why is it so hard to build in Providence?” sounds eerily familiar to those reading...

Diossa elected new president of Rhode Island League of Cities and...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns has elected Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa as its new president, the organization...
CONSTRUCTION BROKE GROUND on the Hammetts Wharf in Newport. The project will include an 84-room boutique hotel, a restaurant and retail space. / COURTESY UNION STUDIO ARCHITECTS

Hammetts Wharf project begins construction

NEWPORT – Construction on the $29 million Hammetts Wharf project began Tuesday at a ceremony attended by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. The building, when finished,...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION reported an increase in college-access opportunities for Rhode Island students, including AP class participation, SAT test-taking, and dual and concurrent enrollment courses.

RIDE reports college-access opportunities increase in 2018

PROVIDENCE – State participation in college-access opportunities in Rhode Island increased across the board in the 2017-18 school year, the R.I. Department of Education...
NEW HIRE: Jody Jencks was recently hired as director of PVD HeatlhWorks, a training program for residents interested in jobs in the health care and social-assistance field.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

City building pipeline to jobs in growing field

Under Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Providence is the first community in Rhode Island to create a training program for residents interested in jobs in...
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