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Providence awards $200K in COVID-19 recovery grants to 9 arts organizations
PROVIDENCE – Nine city-based arts and culture organizations received $200,000 in total grants to help local artists continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
BATTLE LANES: Mobility advocates fight for space on road, but opposition...
The 8½-mile cycling route from Robert Isenberg’s Cranston home to his job at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island on Providence’s East Side...
Some independent retailers pay heavier price than others in COVID-19 era
Two hundred feet – about a 60-second walk – separates LuLi Boutique LLC from Frog & Toad LLC in Providence. But the pandemic experiences...
Just in time for the holidays: Local retailers taking on e-tailers
Experts say more people than ever will be shopping for holiday gifts online this year, but many brick-and-mortar store owners are no longer fretting...
Providence giving troubled e-scooter, e-bike programs another go, but not everybody’s...
Seemingly overnight, rentable electric bikes and scooters began popping up on Providence streets last year. The Creative Capital was in the regional vanguard of...
Providence mayoral candidates vie for pulse on small businesses
It may be hard to think of the many rundown and abandoned houses that have tarnished Providence’s neighborhoods in the context of small business...
AmEx calls on Rhode Islanders to shop local this holiday season
PROVIDENCE – American Express is once again inviting Rhode Islanders to shop local this holiday season, kicking off its eighth annual Small Business Saturday...
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