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Smiley’s second-term vision: Building Providence’s next economy
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley entered City Hall in 2023 after serving as the city’s chief operating officer, promising a more efficient approach to...
For homebuyers, landscape grows more discouraging
One word has echoed around the residential real estate sector in Rhode Island for a while now and will continue to do so: affordability.
It’s...
Flock cameras, Kennedy Plaza emerge as key divide in Providence mayoral...
PROVIDENCE – Flock license plate readers and the future of Kennedy Plaza emerged as major dividing lines Wednesday in the city's mayoral race, as...
‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’
On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
Connect with Commerce: ‘Superman’ building owners seeking federal loan
(Editor’s note: This is the third in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan...
Pryor: Targeted investments can help companies ‘expand and land’ in R.I.
R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor has once again taken a prominent role in the state's economic development.
The first to hold the commerce...
The Providence Foundation to present past accomplishments, future priorities at 50th...
PROVIDENCE – When David Salvatore recalls the downtown of his childhood, he sees a drab picture: Swaths of concrete, a federal highway traveling through...
High Rock vows to finish ‘Superman’ building project, announces new manager
PROVIDENCE – A month after the death of its managing director, David C. Sweetser, High Rock Development says it remains committed to the redevelopment of...
Was it a good move by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Aug. 7 announced that Stefan Pryor will return for another stint as state secretary of commerce.
Pryor was the state’s...
McKee scores with return of Pryor
With a sputtering local economy and high voter disapproval, Gov. Daniel J. McKee needed some good news ahead of a looming reelection campaign.
He got...


















