The conversion of a former 360,000-square-foot mill complex in Pawtucket, RI, into Hope Artiste Village will offer moderately priced artist studios, apartments, offices, restaurants, small businesses, a bakery, a courtyard theater and a sculpture garden, with Mayor James E. Doyle saying it’s “nothing new for us to transform vacant buildings into productive workplaces,” but this project is “incredible.”

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