In just over a decade, Hope & Main has launched more than 500 food businesses – and 45% are still in operation today.

Rhode Island has become such a player in the blue economy that it's hosting the two-day Blue Innovation Symposium, which bills itself as "New England's Premier Marine Technology Event," beginning ...

This week, we feature Hope & Main, "Rhode Island’s premier culinary incubator and among the top 10 in the country." We asked its president and founder, Lisa Raiola , to tell us more about the ...

One in four of Rhode Island’s consumer packaged goods companies starts at Hope & Main. Each year, we help create around 50 new food businesses, generating over 350 jobs and nearly $3 million in ...

A lagging economy and issues with housing and transportation are driving this fourth-generation Rhode Islander out of state.

With over 200 companies, and more than 11,000 people working here, Quonset Business Park is Rhode Island’s leading engine of job creation and economic growth—and manufacturing plays an ...

COMMENTARY On Labor Day: Strengthen Rhode Island’s economy by expanding access to unions While it continues to be important to attract new businesses to the state, we must also work to improve ...

— -- The tiny state of Rhode Island has been hit hard by the slumping housing market, with the highest mortgage delinquency rate of any New England state, according to Moody's Economy.com ...

"Are we there yet?" Anyone who has driven the family to a vacation on Cape Cod has heard that question rise up from the ...

One in four of Rhode Island’s consumer packaged goods companies starts at Hope & Main. Each year, we help create around 50 new food businesses, generating over 350 jobs and nearly $3 million in ...