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Cup event brings high impact, but not sure how big
How do you measure success? Local officials are trying to add up the immediate and future economic benefits of the America’s Cup World Series, and it’s not a simple thing to do. more
Viaduct plan gets biz backing
You don’t need a $179 million bridge-replacement project to cause traffic jams on Interstate 95 in downtown Providence. The car volume and traffic patterns on the stretch of highway between the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and the Statehouse do that already. more
Report: R.I. bioscience sector shows job growth since 2001
According to the Battelle/Bio State Bioscience Industry Development Report, Rhode Island’s bioscience sector grew 44.3 percent from 2001 to 2010. more
Westminster Street parking lot opens
The empty lot created by the demolition of the former Providence National Bank in the Financial District in anticipation of a condominium tower that never materialized has opened as a parking lot. more
| 7/6/12
More trees, less pavement would make city more livable
Gary Cloutier is a Rhode Island native who returned to the Ocean State on May 14 as executive director for Groundwork Providence, a nonprofit dedicated to the greening and cleaning of the metropolitan Providence area through several initiatives. more
Workers not speaking the languages firms need
For Brown University professor Patricia Sobral, explaining the career-related benefits of being bilingual is quite simple. more
Arcade ready to again be innovator
Can what’s old really become new again? more
Monitoring upgrades at EDC shelved
Just as the collapse of 38 Studios LLC illustrated the importance of keeping close tabs on taxpayer-backed loans, the bankruptcy also marked the demise of a two-year effort to improve how all R.I. Economic Development Corporation investments are monitored and analyzed. more
Downcity’s future living in the past
Only some of the people moving into a newly renovated historic downtown Providence building this fall will be getting a microloft. more
R.I. Foundation calls for change at Make It Happen RI forum
“Things need to change” in the Ocean State economy, Rhode Island Foundation Executive Director Neil Steinberg told business and community leaders Friday morning in a plea for new ideas at the nonprofit's Make It Happen RI forum. more
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