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RIBBA launches next Emerging Leaders Development Program

LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has kicked off the next cohort of its Emerging Leaders Development Program...
Edmund Addai, The Stackhouse LLC owner / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Everybody’s Business: A success in bringing flavor of South to R.I.

(Editor’s note: This is the 51st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
PASSION FOR PLANNING: Pearl “Delsie” Farquharson, owner of Designed by Delsie LLC, found her calling in events planning after shifting the focus of her business, which she launched as a catering company, when she realized her true passion wasn’t in cooking.
COURTESY DESIGNED BY DELSIE LLC/SACHIA MATTHEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Everybody’s Business: She’s found her place in hospitality

(Editor’s note: This is the 49th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

R.I. Commerce launches Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program

PROVIDENCE – Beginning Sept. 4, applications will be accepted for the state’s Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program that will funnel $2 million of...

United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...
BLOSSOMING BUSINESS: Bacary Diatta has found a market for his hibiscus-flavored beverages and jams in the Caribbean. 
PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Hibiscus from homeland a key ingredient to success

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

Is holding an R.I. constitutional convention a danger?

As Rhode Island undertakes its once-a-decade tradition of deliberating whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, a unified opposition and scattered proponents have...

Coalition launches campaign against Constitutional Convention ballot question

PROVIDENCE – A coalition of residents and organizations have launched a campaign to reject a question on the state ballot in November calling for...

Secure Choice retirement savings plan coming to R.I.

PROVIDENCE – A newly signed law will establish a low-cost, public-option retirement savings program for Rhode Islanders. The Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program...
A HEALTHY PLACE: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez has created what he calls a social venture, Nuestra Salud Productions LLC, to provide health information to the Latino community in Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to...

(Editor’s note: This is the 45th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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