Tag: Grow Smart Rhode Island
CHASING WEALTH: Incomes in some R.I. communities have climbed in last...
Kevin Breene’s family history in West Greenwich goes back 11 generations, beginning when the rural hamlet had a few hundred residents and was one...
RIPTA holds first public workshop on transit hub relocation
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority on Monday held its first "interactive" and “family-friendly’ public workshop at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on the...
McKee’s budget proposal not ‘sweeping’ but seen as helping business
As the General Assembly prepares to consider Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget, observers say his proposals to help small businesses may...
A split over Alviti’s actions at RIPTA
Following R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti’s controversial appointment as the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s board chairman, transit advocates are divided on whether...
Locke Lord’s Grande helps shape R.I.’s landscape through finance law
PBN 2023 Business Women Awards
LEGAL SERVICES INDUSTRY LEADER: Karen Grande | Locke Lorde LLP partner
MANY NOTABLE LANDMARKS, including Roger Williams Park Zoo and...
MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...
For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...
Can Pryor achieve housing goals?
The recent appointment of Stefan Pryor as the state’s housing secretary has some observers feeling confident that he can take the R.I. Office of...
Community groups call for state to quit stalling on bicycle, transit...
PROVIDENCE – Advocates are pressuring state leaders to put the pedal to the metal on expanding public transit and bicycle paths across the state.
Nearly...
Commerce at crossroads: How will the gubernatorial election change R.I.’s economic...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee was in his element as he strolled along Main Street in East Greenwich one afternoon in July.
It was another stop...
$6.7M charging station to boost electric buses
Going electric is about to get a little easier for the R.I. Public Transit Authority.
The bus agency is preparing to start construction on a...