Tag: Lisa Raiola
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...
Boston-based food launchpad expands to R.I.
PROVIDENCE — A Boston-based food launchpad is expanding its network of industry connections and capital into the Ocean State.
Founded in 2015 by CEO Lauren...
R.I. considers relaxing law on homemade food
A home-based bakery seemed to make perfect sense to Portsmouth resident Kara Donovan. Friends and family had already asked to buy her creations, and...
For many groups, hardships evolving, not subsiding
Social services nonprofit Amos House in Providence has been inundated since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in March 2020, and it doesn’t appear that...
Governor’s panel discusses strategies for aiding state’s small businesses
PROVIDENCE – A panel of business leaders discussed potential strategies aimed at aiding the state's small businesses on Facebook live on Thursday.
The discussion was...
Roger Williams University to offer course on creating sustainable food systems
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University’s University College will offer a new course starting June 29 on how a more sustainable approach to food systems...
Stepping Up: Hope & Main starting new program to help feed...
WARREN – When schools in the Bristol-Warren School District closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope & Main Founder and President Lisa Raiola knew...
From ‘Something New,’ the strong survive
“To some people, small sounds like a limitation,” said Travis Webster-Booth, owner of TWB Creative, a copywriting and business-services firm launched in October 2014...
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