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IN DEMAND: From left, Randall Ferdinand, Providence Kayak Co. employee; Kristin Stone, owner; and Tom McGinn, captain. The company, which was started three years ago, exploded in popularity this past summer, as people wanted to get outside. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Kayak company drawing people to Providence River, livening up the downtown

Entrepreneurship 10/02/2020

The three businesspeople who know the most about the Providence River as it courses through the downtown came to the same conclusion a few...

DRAMATIC CHANGE: Tom McGinn, captain and president, and Kristin Stone are co-owners of Providence Riverboat. After the company joined the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, it shifted its business model from cocktail cruises to catering to the tourism industry and nearly tripled its revenue in the first year, Stone said.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tourism: In search of coordination

Cover Story 07/26/2019

The Providence Riverboat Co. once served primarily local customers. Its boats would take groups out on the Providence River for cocktail cruises, leaving from...

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