For the past two years, tourism has been crushed in Rhode Island and even the global destination of Newport. Prior to the pandemic, Newport was enjoying a tourism boom. It was piling up global award after global award from National Geographic to Conde Nas
Since 2011, GoLocal has annually featured Rhode Islanders of note to watch in the coming year. This year’s list includes an emerging star in the music industry and a 16-year-old phenom.