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CLEAR MESSAGE: New Harbor Group Managing Director Lauren Greene uses her communication and networking skills to share her clients’ stories with the public. 
PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

New Harbor Group’s Greene informs the public, inspires change

2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | CREATIVE SERVICES: Lauren Greene New Harbor Group managing director LAUREN GREENE GREW UP watching and reading the news....
HELPING HAND: Karen Emmes, left, a community outreach specialist for the East Providence Health Equity Zone, passes out supplies during the Touch-a-Truck event in 2022. Funding questions have put the Rhode Island HEZ initiative in doubt. 
COURTESY EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

Future of R.I.’s health equity zones unclear amid funding gap

In 2015, Rhode Island pioneered the Health Equity Zone Initiative, a community-focused program meant to help fill gaps in health care. But now the...

Nonprofit to begin construction on Central Falls apartments in August

CENTRAL FALLS – Construction on a new housing development at the former police station in Central Falls and a site across the street is...
FOSTER FORWARD, an East Providence-based nonprofit that supports the welfare of fostered youths, raised $233,590 on 401Gives Day this year.

Monetary support from 401Gives Day a game-changer for Foster Forward

EAST PROVIDENCE – On Wednesday, Lisa Guillette and her staff at Foster Forward spent the day trying to catch their breath, and for good...

Washington Trust donates $122K to 7 R.I. housing organizations

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation has awarded a total of $122,000 to seven Rhode Island organizations in support of various programs providing...

Roundtable: Accessory dwelling units, revitalized historic buildings could boost R.I. housing

PROVIDENCE – As the affordable housing crisis raises alarms across the country, Rhode Island, known for its slow rates of new housing construction, can...
HEALTHY CHOICES: Anusha Venkataraman, managing director of the Central Providence Opportunities Health Equity Zone, at Merino Park in Providence, where residents in several city neighborhoods voted to install composting toilets, as well as make improvements at other city parks. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

These Providence residents were asked how best to spend $1M in...

If you were given $1 million to improve the health and wellness of the people in your neighborhood, how would you spend it? That question...
THE FORMER ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH in Cumberland was officially acquired by One Neighborhood Builders to be converted into 44 affordable apartments. / SCREENSHOT VIA GOOGLE INC.

Former church in Cumberland officially acquired by One Neighborhood Builders for...

CUMBERLAND – A former church is now officially in the hands of One Neighborhood Builders, and the organization is currently in pre-development to convert...
CONNECTORS: Jennifer Hawkins, left, CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders, and David Marble, CEO and president of OSHEAN Inc., check new network antennae on the roof of ONE Neighborhood Builders’ Providence headquarters. The antennae are helping to provide free Wi-Fi to residents in the Olneyville neighborhood. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Olneyville’s free internet narrows digital divide 

During a pandemic Zoom meeting from home, Jennifer Hawkins had a revelation. The CEO and president of the nonprofit ONE Neighborhood Builders felt guilty for...

Who’s on the Board

ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS Top executive: Jennifer Hawkins, president and executive director Year founded: 1988 Mission statement: ONE Neighborhood Builders has established itself as a community development leader...
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