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RITIN partners with URI to host first textile and academic networking...

Manufacturing 02/20/2019

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – More than 200 people attended the first annual Academic & Textile Industry Networking Fair on Feb. 11 at the University of...

Infosys launches Design and Innovation Center, announces partnership with CCRI

Economic Activity 02/15/2019

PROVIDENCE – Infosys Ltd. launched its 25,000-square-foot Providence Design and Innovation Center at 75 Fountain St. on Feb. 12. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s office said...

THE PROPOSED ALOFT HOTEL, at right, is expected to begin construction this year. / COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION

Aloft Hotel to get reduced land price, I-195 district incentives

Government 02/14/2019

PROVIDENCE – Citing increased construction costs, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission has agreed to cut the purchase price for the site for the $55...

RHODE ISLAND'S 5 PERCENT hotel tax collections totaled $2 million in October. The Omni Providence Hotel, pictured above, accounted for $94,515 of the tax collection for the month. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

DOR: R.I. Oct. 5% hotel tax totals $2M

Economic Activity 02/14/2019

PROVIDENCE – October collection of the 5 percent hotel tax in Rhode Island totaled $2.02 million, a $12,469 decline from one year prior at...

Learn about opportunity zones from R.I. Commerce Corp.

Real Estate 02/14/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. will host a workshop and conference on the Opportunity Zone program on Thursday, Feb. 21. The daylong program will...

CHALLENGING WORK: Josef Blazar, co-owner and vice president of sales at YJ Contemporary Fine Art in East Greenwich, said the industry’s general dependence on a strong economy and creating customer awareness are the biggest challenges to increasing sales. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Even in good times, R.I. gallery owners are anxious. Would better...

Art & Culture 02/01/2019

On a late December afternoon, the 30,000 square feet of wall space at YJ Contemporary Fine Art displayed a spectrum of works by local...

Commerce RI approves incentives for Aloft Hotel, Custom & Miller Box

Government 02/01/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors approved incentives for CV Properties LLC and Custom & Miller Box on Jan. 28. CV Properties...