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Maximizing the use of local skills and talent is the essence of good business. We make all of our products right here in Bristol and Warren Rhode Island.
Both Bristol and Warren were part of the Mount Hope lands inhabited by the Wampanoag (aka Pokanoket) Natives. It was the Wampanoags who welcomed the Pilgrims to Plymouth. The Wampanoags were skilled craftsmen, whalers and farmers. We celebrate their farming skills every Thanksgiving.
Warren started out as a Plymoth colony trading post in 1621 with the Wampanoags. It was incorporated in 1668 under the name of Sowams, and in 1747 under its current name. Warren has been a manufacturing town almost since it began--textiles, luggage, machined products and ships. It still makes machined products and ships. Warren also produces consumer products and a wide range of crafts.
Incorporated in 1680 following King Phillip's War, Bristol has been a leader in making fast ships for more than 200 years. In the years following the Civil War most of the America's Cup winners were designed and built here. Bristol has been an early leader in the manufacture of rubber, aluminum, textiles, rugs, shoes, machine tools and other machined products. It remains a leader in the manufacture of boats and carbon fiber products.
The inhabitants of Bristol and Warren and the Mount Hope lands have a history of making things and making them very well.
July 5, 2021, Bristol, Rhode Island.
After the band comes the Bristol Town Council and Town Manager, then the Governor and Treasurer of Rhode Island, then one of the Congressional Representatives and the two US Senators.
Bristol (RI) neighbors Bob and Charles were at a cocktail party trying to come up with a worldwide problem that was small enough for them to solve -- now that they were retired.
They determined that the world's greatest minor problem was eating and drinking at cocktail parties. So they dared each other to come up with the solution. The challenge boiled down to two basic questions:
1. Can you design a tray that you can carry for more than 20 minutes?
2. Can you make a tray that suits the quality of the occasion?
It was in an effort to meet this challenge that The Sakonnet River Company was established in 2018. It took two years of trial before the solution appeared. Bob and his wife Reenie were in Tuscany where they saw people using artist's palettes to hold hors d'oeuvres. The concept solved both the weight and the aesthetic challenges. After trying ceramics and plastic, Bob and Charles settled on hardwood for their new wine and appetizer plates.
They began focusing their efforts on the sailboat industry, and as Covid waned in 2021, the Dare emerged as a business. Customers told them that there was a similar need for lightness, durability and elegance in the winery, brewery, catering and restaurant arenas. So the Dare has expanded.
The Sakonnet River Company
Studio 216, 30 Cutler Street, Warren, Rhode Island 02885, United States. (401) 793-1894
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