Jacquelyn Voghel
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Reporter for Providence Business News covering health care and real estate. Cyclist, avid library card user, and indie folk enthusiast. 📧 voghel@pbn.com
Municipal planners, key figures in community development, have become harder to find in recent years.
With burnout and low pay driving planners to private sector jobs, communities are feeling this absence as they grapple with housing, sustainability and economic needs. pbn.com/shortage-of-...
With burnout and low pay driving planners to private sector jobs, communities are feeling this absence as they grapple with housing, sustainability and economic needs. pbn.com/shortage-of-...
Shortage of planners impeding municipalities
Tiverton’s town planner resigned in June 2022, and it’s a job that still remains vacant more than three years later. It’s a glaring gap as the town, like municipalities throughout the state, reckons w...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Municipal planners, key figures in community development, have become harder to find in recent years.
With burnout and low pay driving planners to private sector jobs, communities are feeling this absence as they grapple with housing, sustainability and economic needs. pbn.com/shortage-of-...
With burnout and low pay driving planners to private sector jobs, communities are feeling this absence as they grapple with housing, sustainability and economic needs. pbn.com/shortage-of-...
The RI Manufacturers Association and RI Hospitality Association this week urged against cuts to @ripta.com funding and services.
August 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The RI Manufacturers Association and RI Hospitality Association this week urged against cuts to @ripta.com funding and services.
"I think people are starting to be aware of what we're facing," said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and RIPTA board member. "But we need more business leaders to speak up, and we need them to speak up now." pbn.com/502271-2
Transit advocates say businesses need to speak up about RIPTA cuts
The proposed wide-ranging cuts to the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s bus routes to close a $10 million budget shortfall sparked hours of public comment and dozens of emails to the agency in recent we...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"I think people are starting to be aware of what we're facing," said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and RIPTA board member. "But we need more business leaders to speak up, and we need them to speak up now." pbn.com/502271-2
Amid rising sea levels and intensifying storms, more Rhode Island communities are exploring "managed retreat" — an approach that offers buyouts to property owners in particularly vulnerable areas. But Warren's "Market to Metacom" plan stands out nationwide. pbn.com/a-slow-retre...
A SLOW RETREAT: Voluntary buyouts, relocations part of Warren’s pioneering climate plan, but so far nobody’s budged
When Richard Grundy moved AVTECH Software Inc. from Newport to Warren 15 years ago, the renovated Cutler Mill seemed to offer the ideal flexibility and space that the company needed to develop its cli...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amid rising sea levels and intensifying storms, more Rhode Island communities are exploring "managed retreat" — an approach that offers buyouts to property owners in particularly vulnerable areas. But Warren's "Market to Metacom" plan stands out nationwide. pbn.com/a-slow-retre...
The "last mile" distribution center has received support from state agencies but backlash from nearby communities, where residents and officials cite concerns about increased truck traffic in Providence and impacts on the Pawtucket neighborhood's only public green space. pbn.com/blackstone-d...
Blackstone Distribution Center breaks ground in Pawtucket
PAWTUCKET – After years of clashing local concerns and state financial support, an upcoming “last mile” distribution facility has broken ground in Pawtucket. The 160,000-square-foot facility, known as...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The "last mile" distribution center has received support from state agencies but backlash from nearby communities, where residents and officials cite concerns about increased truck traffic in Providence and impacts on the Pawtucket neighborhood's only public green space. pbn.com/blackstone-d...