LISA RANGLIN is the president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has launched a statewide microlending program for minority-owned businesses, using a $100,000 award it received from the R.I. Commerce Corp. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association has launched a new statewide microlending program for minority-owned businesses. The new program, called the Microlending Initiative, was made possible by an award of $100,000 from R.I. Commerce Corp., the economic-development arm of state government. RIBBA is partnering with the Rhode Island Indian Council, Farm Fresh RI…
