R.I. Commerce Corp. to hire firm to tally impact of tourism and destination grant program

Corrected at 11:43 a.m. on July 30

Christopher Allen

07/29/2025

2nd_Place_Tandem_for_SCTC_230156ea-d56f-492c-8dc4-a981171ef8ca — R.I. COMMERCE Corp.'s board of directors plans to hire an outside firm to conduct an impact assessment on the agency’s tourism attraction and destination grant program. Pictured is work from the Atlantis Rising International Sand Sculpture Competition, which brought close to 30,000 attendees to South County last June. /COURTESY SOUTH COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors plans to hire an outside firm to conduct an impact assessment on the agency’s tourism attraction and destination grant program. A contract approval recommendation will go before the board of directors during its next meeting, which has yet to be scheduled. According to the Request for Proposals,

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