Tag: Economic Development
Sometimes ‘No’ is the right word
Thanks to the Boston Globe, Rhode Island knows that TriMark, the nation’s largest restaurant supply company, has decided not to move its headquarters to...
Do you think the Carpionato Group’s plans to build a $100...
On July 23, the Carpionato Group proposed using the Newport Grand casino site for a $100 million mixed-use development, calling it “Newport North End.”...
East Providence plans amphitheater for land next to Bold Point Park
EAST PROVIDENCE – An amphitheater has been proposed for the area next to Bold Point Park. Live Nation Entertainment and RI Waterfront Enterprises LLC,...
Officials celebrate Wexford Innovation Center ribbon-cutting
PROVIDENCE – A ribbon-cutting for the Wexford Innovation Center was held Wednesday afternoon, officially marking the completion of the landmark I-195 Redevelopment District project.
The...
Raimondo signs fiscal 2020 budget, sharply criticizes cuts in economic development...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed the nearly $10 billion fiscal 2020 state budget Friday, but in her transmission letter to House Speaker...
Is the Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund approved by the...
At the last minute of its 2019 session, the General Assembly created the Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund to encourage private investment in...
GA failure on energy costs us all
The recently ended legislative session let die two bills passed by the Senate, ones that on their face would seem to make strange bedfellows...
Lawmakers bend rules for Hope Point
Even as the House reduced Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s request for incentives to replenish her economic programs, most notably the real estate development program...
Was the R.I. House correct to raise the limit for tax...
In the last-minute rush to pass a budget for fiscal 2020, the R.I. House of Representatives threw a few curve balls, not the least...
Despite questions, I-195 District on course
When Robert Davis, a longtime real estate lawyer, joined the board of the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission in 2015, he’d talk to potential developers...
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