Tag: Lisa Raiola
Cottage food industry booming after state relaxes homemade food sale laws
The cottage food industry in Rhode Island is booming. What were once side hustles – selling homemade food items made out of one’s own...
Hospitality and holiday spirit go hand in hand
With wishes for good health, happiness and prosperity, we will be gathering whenever and wherever we can at Christmastime.
This year marks the 45th consecutive...
A new R.I. investment fund that pays dividends for investors, community
Looking around the Broad Street neighborhood of Central Falls, Jessica David sees more than just a diverse mix of small businesses. There is public...
Weekly food block party launches in Warren
It sounds like the perfect summer evening. A Wednesday gathering with a craft cocktail or mocktail and a freshly fried falafel pocket, Korean corn...
BankNewport visits Hope & Main after giving $10K to Nourish Our...
WARREN – BankNewport representatives recently visited the food-business incubator Hope & Main to highlight a $10,000 grant awarded through the bank’s All In Giving...
Five Questions With: Lisa Raiola
Lisa Raiola is president and founder of the nonprofit Hope & Main, the culinary incubator that’s helped launch nearly 300 food businesses since it...
Hope & Main acquires former JKL Engineering building on Federal Hill...
PROVIDENCE – The former office of JKL Engineering on Federal Hill, a contracting firm that specialized in heating, ventilation and air conditioning, was recently...
Hope & Main making food Providence’s business
Lisa Raiola, founder and president of food business incubator Hope & Main in Warren, shared insights from her years of bringing amateur cooks through...
Hope & Main to open downtown marketplace in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s prominent food business incubator will soon have a significant presence in the city.
Additionally, the organization is currently negotiating to occupy...
Hope & Main food incubator is a recipe for success
The boating and sailing world returned to the City by the Sea in September for the Newport International Boat Show.
Food and beverage is a...
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