Main Street: A Power of Place Podcast

Join us as we travel to Main Streets across the state to explore what makes these distinctive gathering places for commerce and community so special, and to learn how we can strengthen them.

Main Street: A Power of Place Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Grow Smart RI, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Grow Smart RI hosts Main Street: A Power of Place Podcast, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Jazzing Up Downtown (with John Chan)

  May 8, 202613 minS2

  <p > Welcome to Downtown Woonsocket!</p> <p > John Chan, owner of Chan's Fine Oriental Dining, takes us inside a corner of Main Street that has been feeding and entertaining its community since 1905. From a slow boat to China to a jazz stage in Rhode Island, John shares how one family's journey across the world landed on a single block and never left. Along the way, he reflects on what it takes to build a legacy business, what Woonsocket's Main Street has been through, and why a great meal and live music might be exactly what a downtown needs to survive.<...

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  Episode #4

  Staging a Comeback (With Representative Joshua Giraldo)

  Apr 17, 202617 minS4

  <p>Welcome to Downtown Central Falls!</p> <p>Joshua Giraldo, State Representative and Central Falls native, takes us inside a city that rebuilt itself from the ground up. From municipal bankruptcy to packed parks and a restaurant scene that spans the globe, Joshua shares how investing in public spaces, embracing a fiercely diverse community, and refusing to let a hard chapter define you can transform a Main Street district into a place worth showing up for.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>La Casona: https://www.lacasona-ri.com/</p> <p>El Paso: https://www.facebook.com/elpasorestaurantri/</p> <p>Mimi...

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  Episode #3

  Tracing History (With Tim Cranston)

  Mar 25, 202617 minS2

  <p>Welcome to Post Road in North Kingstown!</p> <p>Tim Cranston, Town Historian of North Kingstown, takes us on a 400-year journey along one of America's oldest Main Streets. From indigenous trading paths to military base boom-and-bust cycles, Tim shares how understanding a place's diverse history and centering the voices often left out of the narrative can transform how we see our communities and inspire meaningful revitalization.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce: https://www.northkingstown.com/</p> <p>Post Road Business Alliance: https://postroadnk.org/</p> <p>The View From Swamptown: https://www...

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  Episode #2

  Navigating Change (With Helen Baskerville-Dukes and Dwayne Keys)

  Feb 27, 202617 minS2

  <p>Welcome to Mount Hope in Providence! </p> <p>Helen Baskerville-Dukes and Dwayne Keys, leaders of the Mount Hope Community Center Business Alliance (and partipants of our Main Street Learning Cohort!), chat about their new initiative to support local entrepreneurship. We discuss the importance of community centers in supporting needs, navigating gentrification and displacement of residents, and building up the local main street community. </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>Mount Hope Community Center: http://www.mhccri.org/</p> <p>Billy Taylor Park: https://share.google/7d2F0lvmuAQVPpI32</p> <p>Mount Hope Learning Center: https://mthopelc.org/</p> <p>Oa...

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  Taking the Leap (with Alex DiGregorio)

  Feb 6, 202616 minS2

  <p>Welcome to Centredale in North Providence!</p> <p>Alexandria DiGregorio, owner of North Providence's newest bookshop, shares her journey of opening a brick & mortar, the challenges and triumphs of being a young entrepreneur on a main street, and the importance of books in building social connection. </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>Forget Me Not Fables Bookshop: https://forgetmenotfables.com/</p> <p>The Valley Breeze Article: https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/north-providence-getting-a-bookstore-forget-me-not-fables/article_9b773189-a709-4e48-97f4-5d0d53506b00.html</p> <p>Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce: https://www.nrichamber.com/</p> <p>North P...

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