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We’re all invested in fight to keep tourism, arts alive

FIGHTING ON: Barnaby Evans, founder and executive artistic director of ­WaterFire Providence, says the nonprofit will survive the pandemic. He’s pictured in front of a stage erected in a parking lot for an outdoor play. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
FIGHTING ON: Barnaby Evans, founder and executive artistic director of ­WaterFire Providence, says the nonprofit will survive the pandemic. He’s pictured in front of a stage erected in a parking lot for an outdoor play. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amid the plight of those struggling daily to pay for food or rent or dealing with the devastating loss of someone to COVID-19, the near disappearance of tourism in the community can go almost unnoticed many days. But tourism normally employs thousands in Rhode Island and is a significant economic driver in an economy already

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