Papitto scholarships and $1 Million investment in idea of Cranston’s Melissa Gonzalez Gutierrez

2025 Transform RI Scholarship Cranston High School West Senior Melissa Gonzalez Gutierrez Wins  2025 Transform RI Scholarship $100,000 in scholarships given to 10 students from across Rhode Island  For the fourth straight year, the Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC) is listening and investing in young people in Rhode Island. Through the 2025 Transform Rhode Island Scholarship…

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Hope & Main to expand to Providence

A large office building with a glass facade.

Hope & Main, a premier food business incubator, is moving into Providence with a Downtown Makers Marketplace in the Financial District and the development of shared used kitchens in the city’s West End. The incubator’s founder and president, Lisa Raiola, announced that, in early 2023, Hope & Main will debut its Downtown Makers Marketplace. This…

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