"Rhode Island is small, so I'd like to think that Rhode Island can change [for the better] very quickly." Matt Grigsby basically thought he was going to take a job in Boston — and he almost took one in Taiwan — after graduating from RISD in 2005. Ultimately, though, he found the more desirable qualities for his active social and professional life right in Providence.

In contrast to larger cities, he says, it's easier to reach out to other members of the extended community, offering the chance to do something different. In Grigsby's case, this meant launching an industrial design business, and an ensuing design for earphones was offered through the Apple store.

Full Story: The upside of hope in Rhode Island Source: The Phoenix, January 29th, 2009 Author: Ian Donnis Added on January 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am, by Matt Mikula