Tag: Economic Development
Providence economic development director resigns
PROVIDENCE – City Director of Economic Development Cassandra Thomas is resigning from their position on March 15, just a year after getting hired.
Mayor Brett...
SEG Welcomes Kim Keough to Leadership Team
Kim Keough joined Social Enterprise Greenhouse as its new Director of Development. She comes to SEG with expertise and proven experience in strategic communications,...
Parlange says URI has had ‘great momentum’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In his approximately 20-minute State of the University speech on Tuesday, University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange cited that...
Thomas named Providence director of economic development
PROVIDENCE – Cassandra Thomas, a former federal disaster recovery officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been named Providence’s new director of economic...
Are you satisfied with the tax cuts and economic initiatives in...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s $13.8 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year proposes nearly $100 million in tax relief, including a reduction in...
Make R.I. part of Biden job growth
Kudos to Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes for reminding two national power brokers of their local and regional roots during...
Funding snub not the end of blue economy
It was unrealistic to have expected U.S. Commerce Secretary and former R.I. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to use her influence to steer to her...
McKee must lead on deal for Tidewater
Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien is right to blame the departure of the Pawtucket Red Sox for Worcester, Mass., in 2020 on a lack...
Economic development front and center at Providence mayoral forum
PROVIDENCE – From public safety fears to the housing crisis and the “brain drain” of college graduates leaving the capital city, nearly all the...
$40M Rhode Island Ready economic-development initiative unveiled
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Over the last decade, Quonset Business Park’s site-readiness program has created more than 3,500 jobs and approximately $682 million in private...
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