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.
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2026 Women of the Year | Difference Maker Award | by the Northern RI Chamber of Commerce (March 2026)
Extraordinary Woman Award by The Woman Development Institute (March 2026)
Community Partner Award by The Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket (November 2025)
Employer of the Year, Community Provider Network or Rhode Island (nominated by The Fogarty Center)
2025 Preservation Reward by the Heritage Alliance of Pawtucket
2025 the SBA Rhode Island District Office and New England Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year
2025 First Place Commercial Historic Renovation Design Award (Rhode Island Monthly Magazine / Nest) with Ed Wojcik
Rhody Award 2024 (Preserve Rhode Island)
Disability Advocate Award (Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services) 2024
Diversity and Inclusion Professionals: Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award 2024
Rhode Island Monthly Magazine: Yoga Empowerment (July 2024)
Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia Memorial Award (URI Inclusion Innovation Conference (June 5, 2024)
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
2010-2011 Awards:
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
Officials Celebrate Former Conant Thread Mill as New Mixed-Use Site
PAWTUCKET – There’s a new jewel in the city, and it comes in the form of a 140-year-old-plus mill building that has been remodeled into a beautiful center for residents to “live, work and play.”
Pine Street Complex New Home To Shri Yoga, Affordable Housing
PAWTUCKET – It’s an exciting time for Shri Yoga Studio in Pawtucket, which has moved to its new location at 390 Pine St. The property of 15,000 square feet has undergone some substantial changes since it was purchased by Shri founder and owner Alison Bologna in 2020 from Dave and Diane Sheilby at Tallman Enterprises/Stretch Products.
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.
Grant Funds Fill Hole As Shri Studio Expansion Continues
PAWTUCKET – By this time next year, the new space for Alison Bologna’s Shri Studio should be fully ready to go, aided by a $100,000 grant from The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation to support build-out of the facility at 390 Pine St. near the city’s future new train station.The $100,000 grant is among 37 grants that Centreville Bank awarded as part of its fourth-quarter 2021 round of grants. The money will go toward the affordable housing and community hub space being developed at 390 Pine St.
Train Station Project Moving Along; Shri Project Commencing
PAWTUCKET – Four Pawtucket projects have started, progressed, or been completed within the Conant Thread District around the coming Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station since the district was established in May of 2019.
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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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