Construction is under way at the Wexford Innovation Complex in the I-195 District in Providence. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo calls the project a game-changer for the state’s economy. But is the governor’s optimism justified?
Upbeat rhetoric was in the air during a ceremony marking the start of construction last month at the Wexford Innovation Complex. Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor was the MC for the event. The complex will be the first major development on land once covered by Interstate 195. Pryor called it a renewal of the capitalist spark from when the Jewelry District was a hub of manufacturing.
