Shop RI Goes Big On Small Business Saturday
By: Rob Borkowski on December 3, 2024 in Business, News to You
WARWICK, RI — Small Business Saturday’s annual assembly of entrepreneurs returned for a sold-out expo Saturday with thousands of eager shoppers browsing 166 vendors at Crowne Plaza, including first-timers and […]
Small Business Saturday Shop RI Returns Nov. 30
By: Rob Borkowski on November 26, 2024 in News to You, Business
WARWICK, RI — Small Business Saturday Shop RI marks its seventh year Nov. 30 with a “pop-up mall,” bringing together more than 166 local businesses and vendors at Crowne Plaza […]
Close Knit: Artist, Gallery Pursue RIDDC Business Lessons
By: Rob Borkowski on May 10, 2024 in Good Times, News to You
JAMESTOWN, RI — Knitting artist Robert Brosnahan is embracing his capitalist side with the cooperation of the RI Developmental Disabilities Council and Looking Upwards/Out of the Box Studio & […]
RI WINS Shares Developmental Disabilities Employment Successes
By: Rob Borkowski on January 23, 2024 in Business, RIDDC
WARWICK, RI – It’s been a year since grant program RI Workforce Investment and New Solutions (RI WINS) started matching the skills, interests and talents of individuals with disabilities to […]
RIDDC Broadening Business Education Horizons
By: Rob Borkowski on January 6, 2024 in Business, RIDDC
WARWICK, RI — On Jan. 9, the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) begins its fifth year providing people with disabilities the resources to be self-reliant business owners and […]
Holiday Shoppers Invited to Small Biz Saturday at Crown Plaza
By: Rob Borkowski on November 20, 2023 in Business, Good Times, News to You, RIDDC
WARWICK, RI — In a few days, holiday shoppers get a once-in-a-year opportunity to browse a cross-section of small RI businesses without the hassle of driving around during the Shop […]
Fulcrum Stained Glass Leverages RIDDC Aid
By: Rob Borkowski on July 14, 2023 in Business, Good Times, RIDDC
WARWICK, RI— Renee Metro, a lifelong stained glass art instructor with chronic, often debilitating, Lyme Disease, is settling in at her permanent Fulcrum Stained Glass studio space on Post Road […]
Shop RI: Big Crowds, Small Business Saturday
By: Rob Borkowski on November 28, 2022 in Business
WARWICK, RI — Shop RI, the annual Small Business Saturday expo at Crowne Plaza Warwick, hadn’t been open for a full hour before crowds of shoppers started showing up. “About […]
RAMP: Advocating So Those With Disabilities Thrive
By: Liz Taurasi on May 5, 2021 in Business, Good Times, RIDDC
Tina Pedersen was a walker most of her life, until seven years ago during a 10-minute surgery she suffered a spinal stroke. She said after that nothing about her changed […]
Rebecca’s G Cards: ‘Opening Smiles Every Day’
By: Liz Taurasi on February 9, 2021 in Business
Becca Beaton has been making cards for as long as she can remember. What began as a hobby has turned into a homemade greeting card business whose purpose is the […]
Small Business Saturday Shop RI Goes Virtual Saturday, Nov. 28
By: Liz Taurasi on November 27, 2020 in Business, COVID-19
Now in its fourth year, Small Business Saturday Shop RI is going virtual Saturday, Nov. 28 showcasing more than 100 local Rhode Island businesses. As part of Small Business Saturday […]
RIDDC Helps ‘We Be Jammin’ Spread Success
By: Karena Garrity on August 6, 2020 in Business, Good Times, RIDDC
WARWICK, RI — Jason Wood, with the help of his mother Debbie Wood, started revolutionary jam business, We Be Jammin, which has grown in leaps and bounds making its way […]
Jewelry From The Owl’s Nest: Trash to Treasure
By: Karena Garrity on June 25, 2020 in Business, Good Times
WARWICK, RI— Driven by an endearing need to create and a lively entrepreneurial spirit, cancer survivor and RI native Casey Naylor has been immersed in business classes and making one […]
RIDDC: Greetings From A Self-Directed Life
By: Warwick Post Staff on April 8, 2020 in Good Times, News to You, RIDDC, Sponsored Content
WARWICK, RI — Katie Lowe, 39, has Down syndrome, fulfilling work, beloved co-workers and a productive life as owner and creative influence at greeting card company Cheetah Greetings. These are […]
RI Developmental Disabilities Council Celebrates Entrepreneurial Successes
By: Rob Borkowski on February 3, 2020 in Business
WARWICK, RI — The RI Developmental Disabilities Council reviewed its business incubation efforts on behalf of the disabled community Jan. 15 at Chelo’s on Post Road, trading entrepreneurial success stories. […]