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Workforce Ready Solutions’ Wilson shapes clients’ futures

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Charise Wilson Workforce Ready Solutions owner CHARISE WILSON KNOWS firsthand how valuable mentors are, especially for a job hunter who’s...

CAREER COACH: Charise Wilson opened Workforce Ready Solutions, an employment coaching business, in Lincoln in 2019. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Wilson uses her experience carving her own path to help others...

Business Services 05/10/2024

Charise Wilson knows firsthand how valuable mentors are, especially for a job hunter who’s determined to move up but doesn’t know how to get...

PARCEL 35 in Providence's I-195 Redevelopment District is a potential site of the R.I. Public Transit Authority's future mixed-used bus hub. / SCREENSHOT FROM I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WEBSITE

RIPTA identifies Parcel 35 as possible location for bus hub in...

Government 02/23/2024

It’s official: A 2.15-acre lot in Providence’s I-195 Redevelopment District is among the contenders for the R.I. Public Transit Authority's new bus depot to...

RHODE ISLAND OFFICIALS seemed set on building a bus hub on Dorrance Street in Providence, but now Gov. Daniel J. McKee says officials are considering a location in the I-195 Redevelopment District. / RENDERING COURTESY OF UNION STUDIO ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN

Concerns over economic impact of potential new site for transit center

Editor's Choice 12/29/2023

Gov. Daniel J. McKee's revelation that state officials are considering a new Providence location for a proposed bus hub has touched off criticism from...

McKee: I-195 land being considered for RIPTA terminal site

Government 12/20/2023

Does the R.I. Public Transit Authority have a new contender for an improved, centralized bus depot? Gov. Daniel J. McKee certainly thinks so. State officials...

RISING UP: Developer Pennrose LLC recently broke ground on a 127-unit apartment building on Parcel 9, located next to Our Lady of The Rosary Church in the I-195 Redevelopment District. This is a rendering of the completed building as planned.  COURTESY THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM INC.

Long-awaited projects in I-195 district awaited no longer

Economy 10/27/2023

When it comes to new construction, the I-195 Redevelopment District in Providence has been quiet for a while. It’s been about a year since work...

Wickenden St. project raises a question of character

Government 10/27/2023

Does a single building have the power to alter the nature of a neighborhood? Opponents of a proposed 75-unit apartment building on Wickenden Street in...

Brent Runyon / PBN PHOTO/Rupert Whiteley

Five Questions With: Brent Runyon

5Q 08/04/2023

Now that you’ve stepped down, what accomplishments are you most proud of in the decade you led the preservation society? It’s been a long...

Pennrose, partners break ground on 127-unit Parcel 9 apartment project

Real Estate 08/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Philadelphia firm Pennrose LLC recently celebrated a groundbreaking for the first phase of construction on Parcel 9 in the Fox Point neighborhood,...