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FULL HOUSE: Last year’s Good Trade Makers Market at The WaterFire Arts Center in Providence was filled with vendors and shoppers. This year’s event was scheduled to take place on Nov. 23 and 24, with a second Good Trade Makers Market taking place in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 7 and 8.
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This pop-up market travels across state borders

As the busiest shopping season of the year draws closer, a flurry of pop-up makers markets is once again on the horizon for small...
BETTER INFORMED: R.I. Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore says changes to the Rhode Island Corporations Act will standardize the process of notifying business owners about unpaid tax obligations. Amore is pictured at the business services division of the R.I. Department of State in Providence. 
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R.I. is closing communication gap on tax scofflaws

For years, a long-standing communication gap between two key government agencies allowed many business owners and nonprofits to skip paying taxes but still maintain...
Karina Holyoak Wood founded the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at the Community College of Rhode Island in 2016. More than 500 Rhode Island small-business owners have graduated from the program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Confidence keys success

Karina Holyoak Wood | Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at CCRI executive director Confidence is the word I hear most from local business leaders...
COASTAL COMFORT: Cigdem Turkomer first established her Le BonNton home décor and clothing boutique in Northampton, Mass., after moving to the U.S. about eight years ago, but having grown up and worked in Istanbul for 15 years, she missed the seaside lifestyle of the city and last May relocated her shop to Warren. 
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Home décor and clothing shop brings taste of Istanbul to Warren

When customers tell Cigdem Turkomer that visiting Le BonNton feels like traveling, she knows she’s accomplished her vision for the globally sourced home décor...
THE BUY-IN: Darryl Lindie, co-founder and president of Providence-based investment firm New Majority Capital, is putting a focus on the entrepreneurship-through-acquisition model. Lindie acquired AA Thrifty Sign & Awning in July 2023. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Exits that could help a minority entrepreneur

Rhode Island-based entrepreneur David Owoyemi was no stranger to startups in August 2022, when he was in the middle of launching a new enterprise,...
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. 
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Everybody’s Business: The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to...

(Editor’s note: This is the 44th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
NEW CARETAKER: Susan Quattrocchi has purchased the closed Summit General Store in Coventry and plans to alter the longtime business model. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Something new in store for this rural R.I. landmark

When the Summit General Store announced its permanent closure last fall, the Coventry establishment may have seemed like another casualty among a dying breed...

Is the state doing enough to help businesses that have lost...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget includes $1.3 million for small businesses hurt by the closure of the Washington Bridge. The April 22...
EMPTY SEATS: Traffic jams caused by the Washington Bridge lane closures have hurt many nearby businesses, including Skeff’s Pub in East Providence. Owner Eileen Harvey says business has been down. 
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Businesses will require help to survive bridge fallout

Businesses have generally been underwhelmed by the state’s response to their requests for help following the December closure of the westbound side of the...
GROWTH ­BARRIER: Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, tells attendees of Providence Business News’ recent Economic Trends Summit that limited small-business creation is a weak spot in the state’s economy. 
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Glass half empty or full, economy needs biz investment to soar

Whatever your opinion is about the health of Rhode Island’s economy, there’s data to support it. If you think there’s cause for celebration, avoiding to...
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