Tag: Elizabeth M. Tanner
McKee names Bennett interim R.I. commerce secretary
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday appointed R.I. Commerce Corp. CEO and President James S. Bennett to serve as interim R.I. commerce secretary.
Bennett...
Time ticking on World Cup push
With just a year to go before hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to flood into the region for the 2026 FIFA...
State awards $9.7M in blue economy grants
BRISTOL – Gathered at Unity Park on Wednesday morning, state and business leaders recalled a much different picture of the business center.
Outgoing R.I. Commerce...
Commerce needs thought leaders now
New leaders will be coming to the state’s primary economic-development arm – and the sooner the better.
R.I. Commerce Corp. has lost two top leaders...
Tanner says leaving Commerce her idea: ‘I presented a plan, [McKee]...
PROVIDENCE – Elizabeth M. Tanner, who has led R.I. Commerce Corp. since June 2022, is leaving the quasi-government agency, effective July 4, to serve...
Connect with Commerce: Investments improving R.I. economy
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...
R.I. Commerce Corp. awards $361K in Innovation Network Matching Program grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday unanimously awarded five grants totaling $361,614.72 through the agency’s Innovation Network Matching Grant...
R.I. Commerce launches grant program to offset patent costs
PROVIDENCE – In honor of World Intellectual Property Day Saturday, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Commerce Corp. announced a new grant program to...
Loan program launched to fill vacant ground-floor retail space in I-195...
PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission and R.I. Commerce Corp. are hoping a new loan program will help fill vacant ground-floor retail space...
R.I. Commerce Corp. issues Request for Proposals for federal broadband program
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. is now accepting proposals for projects under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program aimed at providing low-cost...
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