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Ferry co. eyeing tourism growth on Narragansett Bay
Charles A. Donadio has made a living providing pleasure cruises and ferry services since 1995. He first bought the Southland, a 62-foot, flat-bottom riverboat docked in Narragansett, in Galilee, and ran tours of Point Judith Pond. He also started a high-speed ferry service to Block Island out of Galilee. He has since sold these ventures to focus on Rhode Island Fast Ferry. more
A dream achieved: From menial labor to Panera exec.
In May 1984, Bahjat Shariff, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, then in the midst of the 1982 Lebanon War, arrived in Los Angeles with a dream to start a new life in the United States, with the support of parents he left behind in his war-torn, native land. more
Military housing went from job to vocation after 9/11
John Picerne was raised on the real estate business in the third-generation Picerne Real Estate Group. But the further he went in the family business, the less comfortable he became with the boom-and-bust cycles of residential housing. Craving a more stable slice of the market, Picerne ventured into military housing, particularly building apartments on Army bases, and broke off the independent Picerne Military Housing in 2005. more
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
Success of graduates helping to build pride in URI
When Bob Beagle, recently retired vice president for university advancement at the University of Rhode Island, came to the school in the early 1990s, the national banking crisis had left the state in fiscal disarray. more
Historic tax credits can stabilize commercial tax bases
Rep. Jeremiah T. O’Grady’s career change from human resources to real estate, eventually becoming a project manager for Olneyville Housing Corp., put him in a unique position to watch the havoc caused by the collapse of the housing bubble. Elected to the General Assembly in 2010, the Lincoln Democrat is now trying to reverse some of the damage caused by the downturn through smart growth priorities such as the restoration of historic tax credits and transportation-funding reform. For his efforts on Smith Hill, O’Grady was a co-recipient of GrowSmart Rhode Island’s 2012 Outstanding Leadership Award. more
This board knows firsthand perils of running a business
Retired as president and CEO of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, David E. Nash is still doing his best to promote business development. He’s the founder of the Rhode Island Small Business Recovery Program, which he began in January 2011. The free program is designed to move the unemployed to self-employment and last year trained 2,400 people. more
State can make it safer, easier for firms to take risks
Saul Kaplan isn’t about to get “Netflixed.” That’s the term he uses to describe a business’ inability to anticipate change and, worse, failure to reinvent itself for future success, referencing what happened to the Blockbuster franchise when Netflix came along with a new business model for the same product. more
Ocean State not as bad off as employment data suggest
When University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro began working as a forecaster for the New England Economic Partnership in 1991, he realized the Ocean State was not getting the kind of detailed economic analysis happening elsewhere. Seeing an opportunity to fill that gap, Lardaro developed his Current Conditions Index for Rhode Island that 11 years later is relied on to provide a barometer of the state’s economic health. more
Salve Regina expanding reach of continuing education
As dean of professional studies for Salve Regina University, Traci Warrington has spent the last two years planning for the school’s new continuing-education building, from deciding its location to final course selection. Her expertise in business, economics and marketing made her the ideal choice to head the project. Located in Warwick, the new facility will offer graduate and continuing-education courses that are always in demand. The 12,000-square-foot building is being rehabbed to fit the school’s needs and will replace a much smaller extension located at 175 Main St. in Pawtucket that will cease operations in August. more
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