Tag: Karl Wadensten
R.I. has fallen behind in use of manufactured homes
As a housing crisis continues to rage throughout the U.S., a recent report notes that more residents are willing to live in nontraditional quarters...
Despite Cox lawsuit, state officials aren’t slowing on high-speed internet program
Rhode Island’s economic-development agency is forging ahead with a $108 million high-speed internet program, despite a lawsuit from Cox Communications contesting the data used...
ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper
Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...
Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too
Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency.
There’s no...
Business leaders express guarded optimism at economic outlook breakfast
WARWICK – Rhode Island business leaders and financial experts remain guarded on the region’s short-term economic prospects, agreeing Tuesday during the annual Economic Outlook...
READY AND ABLE: Older workers filling R.I. employment gaps
After 35 years in insurance marketing, the last 20 with Rhode Island-based Amica Mutual Insurance Co. managing multimillion-dollar campaigns, Eduardo Naya tried to retire.
It...
Report: R.I. leaders should tailor Investment Tax Credit to manufacturing
PROVIDENCE – A new state report on Rhode Island’s Investment Tax Credit shows that between 2019 and 2021 the program did not break even...
Employee benefits program launching for RIMA, RITA members
PROVIDENCE – For years Melissa Travis says rising costs have made it difficult for employers she’s worked with across Rhode Island to provide their...
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...
Businesses can play key role in boosting workforce housing
Could so-called “tiny homes” help solve Rhode Island’s affordable housing shortage? One business owner, VIBCO Inc. CEO and President Karl Wadensten, thinks so. He’s...
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