Phillipsdale Landing

Ark is a company that repurposes material, specifically wood. With a modern approach to reclaimed wood, Ark’s goal is to make reclaimed wood easily specifiable to architects, builders, and homeowners. Reclaimed material takes expertise to be incorporated into projects, and Ark makes it easier by handling the process from collecting the wood to processing it for use. Ark builds products for large-scale commercial use, as well as renovations and custom work. You can find their work at various commercial businesses around the northeast, including the Narragansett Brewery in Fox Point and at Moniker Brewery on the West End.  www.arkwood.build

We Share Hope, a non-profit located in Phillipsdale, aims to provide food and other necessities for those in need. Their East Providence location serves communities across the state. We Share Hope is most known for Hope Market, a “budget-friendly marketplace that is open to the public.” Hope Market relies on donations from partnerships and other stores, providing families with “quality food and goods at a fraction of the cost.”

The story of We Share Hope begins in the back of a station wagon in 2008, when the founder picked up leftovers from bakeries that were typically thrown out. The goods would be distributed to different food banks, and the mission soon grew to their first home in Warren. We Share Hope has been in East Providence since March of 2020. Johanna Corcoran is the new director of the organization, bringing a wealth of knowledge from previous experience in development in non-profit and otherwise. She has been a Rhode Island resident for over 15 years and is excited about the future of We Share Hope in the new Phillipsdale space. https://wesharehope.org/  

Enotap is a small business located in the Phillipsdale District of the East Providence Waterfront making wine by the keg, bottle, and can for restaurants and retail consumers. The business was founded by James Davids and Marissa Stashenko in 2018 which also provides winemaking and packaging services to help independent vineyards bring their wine to market. James and Marissa make their own wine under their label Anchor & Hope.

“We make delicious, natural wines grown on small farms by our friends. We focus on sustainability on the farm, but also in our process and how we package the wines. Innovative packaging such as stainless steel kegs for restaurants and single serving aluminum cans for retail are two examples of how wine packaging is evolving to be better for the environment and more practical for the consumer. Most importantly, the wine inside the package tastes great and is affordable!”

New England is home to many craft breweries and distilleries, but James and Marissa saw an opportunity to make and sell craft wine in the area.  Their business has proved successful, as their wine is sold in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Connecticut and California. In fact, if you’ve ever dined at Tavolo’s Wine Bar & Tuscan Grille, their house wine is made by Enotap. To learn more, visit https://enotap.com.

Amaral Custom Fabrications makes custom large-scale art, marine equipment, and sculptures using various metals.  Over the past 20 years they have excelled in brining art to life for world renowned artists such as Claes Oldenburg, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein. The twenty-year-old company is founded by Paul Amaral and is located in the Phillipsdale district of the East Providence Waterfront. In addition to art, Amaral’s makes oceanographic fabrications used to house technology such as sonar equipment for the US Navy and robotics companies. Amaral’s work is displayed in museums and public gardens throughout the world, from Philadelphia to Singapore.

What makes Amaral’s unique is the quality of their workmanship. The high quality of the build and longevity of the product is a direct result of Paul’s decades of experience in building world class sail boats. Boat building requires a high degree of precision and quality to withstand salt water at high speeds over long periods of time. There was no margin for error in designing boats meeting the standards of the American Boat and Yacht Council. As a result, Paul’s transition into scaling an artist’s creation into a long-lasting high-quality sculpture was not difficult.

Another way Amaral’s separates itself from other fabricators is the finish and longevity of their work. Evidence of this quality can be found in a structure in Puerto Rico which withstood a direct hit from a hurricane and a sculpture in Aspen, Colorado displayed outdoors, enduring the elements for 15 years before being brought back to Amaral for restoration. Artists came to Paul frustrated with their public displays lasting fewer than five years and now appreciate Paul’s value of creating to withstand the elements over time. To learn more, visit https://amaralcf.com