Special Recognition For Our Work

Shri Awards

& Recognitions

Shri Yoga's innovative classes and unique approach to wellness have been highly recognized, resulting in various awards applauding its commitment to fostering community well-being.

  • GrowSmart Rhode Island: 2024 Smart Growth Award: The Pine Street Project

    Junior Achievement Rhode Island: Profiles in Excellence 2024

    National Ancor Community Builder Award 2024 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

    Person of the Year, Pawtucket Hall of Fame, 2023

    Fogarty Center "Janet Almeida Community Inclusion Award," 2022

    Pawtucket Senior Center (Leon Mathieu) Community Award, 2021

    Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards | New England Patriots Foundation | Alison Bologna, 2020

    Looking Upwards "Making the Difference" Community Partner Award, May 2019

    The ARC of Bristol County, Community Award, 2017

    Person of the Year, The Pawtucket Foundation, 2015

    The Rhode Island Small Business Entrepreneurial Woman To Watch Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Justice Award, nominated and awarded by RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, 2014

    Rally for Recovery Advocacy Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best Yoga Outreach, 2013

    The Women of Excellence Community Award, on behalf of The Women's Center of Rhode Island, 2013

    "Wise Woman" award from the National Organization of Italian American Women, 2013

    The Volunteer of the Year Award from LIFE, Inc., 2013

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Best New Yoga Studio, North, 2012

    Providence Business News' 40 Under 40, Class of 2011

    Community Award from ARC of Blackstone Valley

    Special Recognition Award from the Children's Shelter of Blackstone Valley

    Community Award from Venture Community Services

    Sturbridge MA

    Community Award from the Pawtucket School Department

Shri Development Revitalizes The Commuter Rail Neighborhood
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Shri Development Revitalizes The Commuter Rail Neighborhood

It started in 2010 when Alison Bologna, a Pawtucket resident and local news anchor at NBC 10, decided to open a yoga studio in one of our empty downtown storefronts. She named it “Shri Studio” with the intention of bringing light (the definition of “Shri” in Sanskrit) into the district by offering low cost and free yoga outreach classes to students who otherwise wouldn’t have access.

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Threading The Needle

PAWTUCKET — Imagine a future where Pawtucket is a bustling urban center; where dining, shopping, entertainment and recreation entertainment opportunities abound; where residents commute to good-paying jobs in Boston or Providence — or even walk to those jobs in their Pawtucket neighborhood.

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Council Puts Train Zoning On Hold Amid Call For 10 Percent Affordable Units
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Council Puts Train Zoning On Hold Amid Call For 10 Percent Affordable Units

PAWTUCKET – Creation of a new zoning district around the city’s coming train station is too important to approve it in a “half-baked” form, say City Council members.

The council, at its meeting last Wednesday, April 10, heard lengthy testimony from advocates who want to see a 10 percent minimum requirement for affordable housing in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) zone in the Conant Thread District around a coming commuter rail station off Main Street and Pine Street.

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  • Fogarty Center "Janet Almeida Community Inclusion Award," 2022

    Pawtucket Senior Center (Leon Mathieu) Community Award, 2021

    Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards | New England Patriots Foundation | Alison Bologna, 2020

    Looking Upwards "Making the Difference" Community Partner Award, May 2019

    The ARC of Bristol County, Community Award, 2017

    Person of the Year, The Pawtucket Foundation, 2015

    The Rhode Island Small Business Entrepreneurial Woman To Watch Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Justice Award, nominated and awarded by RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, 2014

    Rally for Recovery Advocacy Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best Yoga Outreach, 2013

    The Women of Excellence Community Award, on behalf of The Women's Center of Rhode Island, 2013

    "Wise Woman" award from the National Organization of Italian American Women, 2013

    The Volunteer of the Year Award from LIFE, Inc., 2013

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Best New Yoga Studio, North, 2012

    Providence Business News' 40 Under 40, Class of 2011

    Community Award from ARC of Blackstone Valley

    Special Recognition Award from the Children's Shelter of Blackstone Valley

    Community Award from Venture Community Services

    Sturbridge MA

    Community Award from the Pawtucket School Department