The awards program, a partnership between Rhode Island Monthly and the Rhode Island Foundation, recognizes individuals working to advance equity and promote diversity in the Ocean State.
Area high school students competed in live cooking challenges and presented "Shark Tank"-inspired plans for food businesses, restaurants and hotel concepts.
Rhode Tour turns the state into a collection of stories waiting to be discovered, and its upcoming 40th tour invites Rhode Islanders to reconsider the traces of Revolutionary history hiding in familiar places.