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MALLEABLE METALLERS: Sandi Bonazoli and Jim Dowd are the co-owners of Beehive Handmade, a long-standing metalwork business that recently opened a store and studio space in Warren. Dowd crafts a copper rack for measuring spoons while Bonazoli looks on. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Metalsmiths forge ahead with storefront, in-house manufacturing

Entrepreneurship 05/13/2022

In Sandi Bonazoli and Jim Dowd’s Warren metalsmithing studio, Beehive Handmade, equipment ranges from a 100-year-old machine to modern technology such as a laser...

NEW DIGS: Providence Living is emerging as a real estate developer behind some of the most prominent redevelopment projects in the city. In front of their newly rehabilitated downtown headquarters at 259 Weybosset St., are, from left, Dustin Dezube, owner; Kevin Diamond, principal architect of Providence Architecture; and Eric Belisle, principal of Providence Building. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence Living builds on rapid growth, adds architecture division

Entrepreneurship 04/29/2022

In the past year, Providence Living has bought prominent properties throughout the city, including the Hotel Dolce Villa on Federal Hill, the former Club...

STRONGER TOGETHER: Ana Duque, left, and Karen Mejias at their new store called The Heal Room. The two Latina women have teamed up, using their past experiences as business owners to bring a zero-waste store and wellness bar to Pawtucket. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Duo serves up wellness with zero waste

Entrepreneurship 02/18/2022

Ana Duque and Karen Mejias discovered the need to merge their business ventures to create a bigger impact and survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

FOCUS SHIFT: Stephen Clair, left, and Brad Clair, brothers and co-owners of Simplex Engine & Repair Co. in Providence, a third-generation, family-owned machine and engine parts company, say auto dealers were once a major part of the company’s client base, but the focus has shifted to heavy-duty construction companies. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Clair brothers keep family’s engine machine shop running strong

Entrepreneurship 02/04/2022

Brothers Brad and Stephen Clair share a lot more than DNA. Always close, the Bristol natives grew up working for the family company, Simplex Engine...

GOING SOLO: Phil Mazza says he started the Providence School of Music because he wasn’t satisfied with how he and other teachers were treated as employees of different music schools around the city, where he’s taught off and on since 2002. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Music school strikes a chord with students

Education 01/07/2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic came to Rhode Island, Phil Mazza feared it could be the end of the music business he established in 2017...

Lotuff Leather

PBN 35th Anniversary 11/26/2021

(published Dec. 16, 2016) YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011 TYPE OF BUSINESS: Leather goods THEN: OWNERS: Joe and Rick Lotuff LOCATION: 1 Sims Ave., Providence EMPLOYEES: 18 ANNUAL SALES: WND NOW: OWNERS: Joe...

SERIOUS WORK: For Michael Mancini, owner of American Muscle Car Restorations in North Kingstown, pictured here in 2018, restoring cars began as a family hobby that has turned into a full-time career. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

American Muscle Car Restorations Inc.

PBN 35th Anniversary 11/26/2021

(published July 20, 2018) YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2010 TYPE OF BUSINESS: Vintage car restoration THEN: OWNER: Michael Mancini LOCATION: 65 Foliage Drive, North Kingstown EMPLOYEES: 17 ANNUAL SALES: $2 million NOW: OWNER:...