ROUGHLY 25% of the 1600 businesses that received Restore Rhode Island grants have applied for more funding under higher maximum allocations.
PROVIDENCE – Roughly 30% of the small businesses that received state grant funds to offset COVID-19 losses have applied for more money under recently expanded parameters. A total of 1,650 businesses have benefited from over $14 million in funding since the Restore Rhode Island grant program as of Tuesday morning, according to Matt Sheaff, an…