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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

City trades streets for budget fix
At the start of 2012, Providence’s colleges and universities were at loggerheads with Mayor Angel Taveras over his demand for a $7 million per-year increase in their combined payments to the city. more

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

MassWorks grant to aid Taunton’s downtown area
TAUNTON – A $1,280,750 MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant will support development downtown. more
12/31/12
Dimeo’s Kunz given award by Conn. association
Bob Kunz, corporate safety director at Dimeo Construction Co.’s Providence office, was recently named the 2012 Construction Safety Professional of the Year by the Associated General Contractors of Connecticut. The award honors a leading individual from the commercial construction industry who has demonstrated skills, integrity and responsibility in his or her career. Kunz was presented the award during AGC’s eighth annual Industry Recognition Awards Dinner in October. He has been employed with Dimeo since 2007 and has worked as a safety professional since 1992. more
12/31/12
Future pinned to realistic assessment of sustainability
A man-made sand dune, stretching about 200 yards and engineered with steel rebar, its top covered with planted grasses, is the largest built object still standing along the entire Atlantic Avenue beachfront in Westerly. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Conservancy eyes bus plaza improvements
The Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy often points to Bryant Park in New York City as the model for a public-private partnership transforming a crime-ridden and desolate urban space into a vital civic center. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Conley sees heap of trouble from Sims’ scrap metal
Just when the fight for the future of the Providence waterfront seemed settled, a new battle has emerged on Allens Avenue. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

PEDP to renew lending
When city officials explain why they didn’t terminate the Providence Economic Development Partnership’s troubled loan program this year following a damning federal report, they point to businesses such as Providence Specialty Products, owner of Narragansett Creamery, that it’s helping grow. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/24/12

Housing starts in U.S. post best 3 months in 4 years
Builders in November capped the strongest three months for residential construction in four years and permits climbed as record-low borrowing costs buoyed the U.S. housing market. more
Wash Trust provides $3.8M for R.I., Conn. projects
The Washington Trust Co. recently provided nearly $3.8 million to two customers for the purchase of commercial properties in Rhode Island and Connecticut. more
| 12/11/12
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