LOCAL LENDERS participating in the Main Street Lending Program reported a slow start since applications opened last month. / AP FILE PHOTO/PATRICK SEMANSKY
PROVIDENCE – If the outpouring of applications for the Paycheck Protection Program amounted to a flood initial interest in the new Main Street Lending Program might be more of a trickle. At least one local lender that has signed up to participate in the $600 billion Federal Reserve program reported little-to-no interest from Rhode Island…