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CENTRAL FALLS/PAWTUCKET – The site of the largest mill fire in Central Falls history, and now one of the city’s largest vacant properties, may soon see movement toward the goal ....
Determined to build community through the arts, the multidisciplinary arts organization Wild Goose Creative opened a new center in Franklinton on Friday. The newly renovated facility comes nearly two years after the nonprofit launched a Kickstarter campaign to extend its services locally. After raising more than $25,000 within 40 days, the organization landed the privately-owned space. And with the pulse of Columbus art scene in the heart of the Franklinton area, Executive Director Lydia Simon said there was no better place for expansion. In Franklinton, everybody is helping each other, and I ve never experienced that in Columbus as far as businesses valuing partnerships as much as they do, Simon said. It s just amazing. ....
BAD: Deloitte Sponsorship Just days after blasting UHIP consultant Deloitte, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo spoke at a conference in California sponsored by Deloitte. We paid them a lot of money, we didn’t get what we paid for, Raimondo said at the time of Deloitte s involvement in the UHIP debacle. And they represented to us that it was in much better shape than in fact it was: defective functionality, incomplete interfaces, engines that still aren’t working. Days later, Raimondo was en route to headline the Deloitte-sanctioned event. Deloitte is not paying for any of the travel, said Raimondo spokesperson David Ortiz. She had already committed to be at the event, and was able to have a private conversation with the CEO of Deloitte Consulting, who committed to being in regular communication with the Governor. ....