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Redesigned riverfront park smaller, more ‘flexible’
It’s smaller than first imagined, but a redesigned riverfront park slated for downtown Providence’s former Interstate 195 land should be better than the larger, original design, city and state planners say. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/3/12

Redirecting state funding can spur economic development
Since finishing fourth in a 2010 bid for governor, Sympatico Software Systems President and Moderate Party founder Ken Block has remained an active presence in the Rhode Island political arena. This year, Block is working with fellow business leaders in the Smaller Business Association of New England to develop and promote an economic-policy plan for the state. The plan, which Block and other SBANE members are pitching to elected officials this winter, calls for a series of economic-development and education reforms to spur growth. The SBANE plan would redirect state English-as-a-second-language funding to economic development, investigate use patterns in unemployment insurance, potentially eliminate the state temporary-disability insurance program and exempt new investments in Rhode Island companies from capital gains tax. The education ideas include increasing instructional time, reducing teacher absence and moving the start of teacher contracts away from the beginning of the school year. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/7/13

Carnegie Abbey gets luxury neighbor
At a time when small and simple are fashionable, the owner of the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth has doubled down on large and opulent. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/3/12

Gov. Patrick outlinesplan for multifamily housing in Mass.
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick this month outlined initiatives designed to produce 10,000 multifamily units of housing per year, the first production goal of this kind set by any state in the country. more
11/19/12
Matthew G. Dempsey
Age: 37 more
7/23/12
I-195 Commission set to offer candidate executive directorship
The Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission has chosen Jan Brodie, a former vice president of the Armory Revival Co. now working for a Boston nonprofit developer, to be its first executive director, Commission Chairman Colin Kane confirmed Thursday. more
‘Superman’ owner seeks up to $75M in public financing
The owner of the Industrial Trust Tower in downtown Providence is asking for up to $75 million in public financing to transform the historic office building into apartments. more
Joining living space, city retail growing
Slowed down by the Great Recession, downtown Providence’s renaissance is gaining steam, as new retail establishments follow the capital city’s reawakening residential momentum. more
10/15/12
Luxury student housing seen as rare growth market
The cinder-block dormitories and cramped, scruffy, off-campus apartments familiar to generations of college students are under attack. more
Work begins on most U.S. single-family homes in 4 years
Builders broke ground in January on the most U.S. single-family homes in more than four years and permits for future construction rose, an indication the industry’s momentum carried over into 2013. more
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