Tag: Elizabeth M. Tanner
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...
Officials celebrate opening of Track 15 Food Hall
PROVIDENCE – Track 15 Food Hall is now officially open for business.
Federal and state officials on Tuesday celebrated the opening of the highly anticipated,...
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