Tag: Economic Development Administration
Small-business development hub project gets $4M federal boost
PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future received $4 million in CARES Act funding Tuesday to help create the Rhode Island Small Business...
Pawtucket nets $4.8M for Blackstone Bikeway addition
PAWTUCKET – The city's planned construction of a Blackstone River Bikeway extension has received a $4.8 million boost from the U.S. Department of Commerce's...
Biden admin stepping up community grants from COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden's administration is beginning to make $3 billion in economic development grants available to communities – a tenfold increase...
401 Tech Bridge receives $725K in federal funds
PROVIDENCE – 401 Tech Bridge has received $724,674 in federal funds to focus on job growth in the state’s blue economy sector, the R.I....
R.I. orgs receive nearly $600K to boost health care startups
PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund and RI Bio have received a combined $597,500 in federal funds to boost health care startup programs, the state's...
SEED awarded $3.6M grant to provide gap funding to small businesses
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. has received a $3.6 million grant from the Economic Development Administration’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
Five Questions With: Hugh Dunn
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and SouthCoast Development Partnership now have $600,000 in federal Economic Development Administration funds to fuel a blue, or maritime,...
UMass Dartmouth receives $600K grant for future marine Science and Technology...
DARTMOUTH – A $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration was awarded to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Tuesday which,...
Federal grant awarded to redevelop American Tourister property
PROVIDENCE – A $600,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration will be used to transform the vacant American Tourister property...