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Senedia Defense Innovation Days dates announced

"This event provides a forum where policymakers and business leaders in the defense space can engage and learn from one another," said Molly Donohue Magee (LRI '07), Senedia executive director.

Unfinished General Assembly session leaves major business issues up in the air

"Perhaps companies that don’t have a personnel policy regarding sick leave will now work on one," wrote John C. Gregory (LRI '94), president and CEO of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, in an email.

Evicted in R.I.: When there’s no place like home

According to Brenda Clement (LRI '97), director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, although the state’s landlord-tenant law does provide some protections for tenants, the lack of access to legal representation prevents many tenants from benefiting from those rights.

Rhode Island Foundation awards nearly $225K in community grants

“Our grants will create places to gather, build relationships and inspire new collaborations that will strengthen community connections all over Rhode Island,” said Neil D. Steinberg (LRI '91), president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, in prepared remarks.

No risk, no reward

Jeanne Cola (LRI '05), LISC Rhode Island executive director: "My advice for nonprofit leaders is to take risks. Traditionally, people view risk as a negative, but I don’t. It’s that element of uncertainty that creates the problem-solving energy to get us from the drawing board to the finish line."

Mixed use meets resistance in city’s West End

But neighborhood advocates, including Kari N. Lang (LRI '97), executive director of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association, argued the aesthetics of the project don’t match the overall neighborhood.

$813,124 awarded in CDBG funds

Mayor Scott Avedisian (LRI '97) has announced the distribution of $813,124 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds that will benefit non-profit agencies and a neighborhood association. The funds were awarded on July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.

SEG hosts July entrepreneur events

Kelly Ramirez (LRI '11), CEO of Social Enterprise Greenhouse, invites entrepreneurs to the organization’s monthly Community Table discussion billeted as "one table, one conversation, and a great way for eaters, advocates, or those curious to connect and exchange ideas."

Saunders teaches others to apply knowledge, be impactful

Michelle Saunders (LRI '09), manager of organizational design and leadership at Ocean State Job Lot, has been at her position for just one year. But her work has spoken volumes.

University Medicine partners with HopeHealth

“These organizations are at the forefront of home and hospice care,” said Dr. Peter Hollmann (LRI '88), chief medical officer of University Medicine.

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