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Atlantic Mills tenants form state’s first commercial tenant union

Economy 12/23/2024

PROVIDENCE – Tenants of the historic Atlantic Mills formed the state’s first commercial tenant union over the weekend as tensions have been brewing between...

THE WASHINGTON TRUST Bancorp Inc. reports a third-quarter profit of $11.0 million, down 1.4% from $11.16 million it reported in the same period a year ago. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ SCOTT KINGSLEY

Washington Trust reports slightly lower profit for Q3 on higher interest...

Economic Activity 10/22/2024

WESTERLY – Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. on Tuesday posted a third-quarter profit of $11 million, down 1.4% from $11.16 million a year ago, as...

A GROUP of buyers has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with the owner of Atlantic Mills to purchase the historic property, Eric Edelman, one of the buyers, told PBN Friday. PBN PHOTO/WILIAM HAMILTON

Group of buyers with R.I. ties enters deal to purchase Atlantic...

News Story 10/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – A group of buyers has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with the owner of Atlantic Mills to purchase the historic...

Construction for Woonasquatucket River Greenway project to begin next spring

Government 11/14/2023

PROVIDENCE – Construction for the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvement Project is set to begin next spring, Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Tuesday. The project will...

City releases requests for information for Atlantic Mills project

Government 08/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday released a Request for Information to interested firms to join an equity partnership with the city...

What Cheer Flower Farm gets $500K in federal funding for brownfields...

Government 05/31/2023

PROVIDENCE – What Cheer Flower Farm has been awarded $500,000 in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite the cleanup of a brownfields site in...

Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins

In Their Own Words 11/30/2022

Jennifer Hawkins has been the executive director at One Neighborhood Builders since 2017, and she has been credited with helping to double the capacity...

ONE Neighborhood Builders unveils data on digital equity model

Technology 11/29/2022

PROVIDENCE – An equity-focused WiFi service overseen by ONE Neighborhood Builders has seen a significant growth in usage since its launch in 2020, the...

A MODULAR UNIT IS RAISED by a crane on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to be lowered into place as part of the "Bowdoin Street Rowhouse," an 8-unit affordable-housing development that's being developed by the nonprofit One Neighborhood Builders at the 101 Bowdoin St. site of a deadly fire that occurred in 2018. / PHOTO COURTESY STEPHEN IDE OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS

One Neighborhood Builders behind $2.2M modular home project in Providence

Economic Activity 03/08/2022

PROVIDENCE – They looked like children’s building blocks being stacked neatly together, as the prefabricated modular homes that make up the “Bowdoin Street Rowhouse”...