Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island

RIHub expanding full startup services to Newport

Technology 04/05/2022

NEWPORT – RIHub, a Providence-based nonprofit startup support organization, is expanding its footprint southward, offering entrepreneurs in Aquidneck Island and the South County area...

GRAND PLAN: Scott A. Gibbs’ career in economic development has spanned nearly four decades. He leans on the experience as president of the self-funded, nonprofit Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Scott A. Gibbs, 25 Over Fifty-five

Economic Activity 08/23/2019

25 Over Fifty-Five 2019 Award Winner SCOTT A. GIBBS | President, Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island AS A SOPHOMORE at Wabash College, Scott A....

TECH INCUBATOR: Innovate Newport Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tuni Schartner gives a tour of the former Sheffield School on Broadway in Newport, which will serve as the location of Innovate Newport. The business incubator will house small companies, startups and entrepreneurs in the fields of marine and environmental technology, cybersecurity and renewable energy.  / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Can a new business incubator keep a bigger slice of Navy...

Cover Story 01/18/2019

For years, community leaders in Newport have watched as the nearby Naval Undersea Warfare Center has farmed out billions of dollars in contracts to...

Schartner hired as Innovate Newport entrepreneurship director

Technology 09/05/2018

NEWPORT – Tuni Schartner, owner of business-growth advisory firm TS Consulting, was hired as director of entrepreneurship and innovation with Innovate Newport. Innovate Newport is...

Gibbs appointed interim economic development director in Woonsocket

Real Estate 08/09/2018

WOONSOCKET – Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt announced recently that Scott A. Gibbs has been appointed interim director of economic development. The appointment is meant to enhance...