Tag: Grow Smart Rhode Island
Power of Place Summit moves online
PROVIDENCE – Like all organizations, Grow Smart Rhode Island has had to move its events online to digital platforms this year to comply with...
Raimondo reengineered Commerce RI, but its true test may be yet...
Few would dispute that Rhode Island is in better shape economically than it was five years ago when Gov. Gina M. Raimondo began her...
Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
Power of Place Summit to highlight housing, transit and main streets
PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island has announced its 2020 Power of Place Summit will focus on several prominent issues, including climate action, housing...
Grow Smart Rhode Island moves to Lauderdale Building
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit public policy organization Grow Smart Rhode Island has moved from the Roger Williams University-owned building at One Empire to the...
Rebuild Rhode Island could get tighter spending restrictions
PROVIDENCE – Rebuild Rhode Island, a signature economic-development incentive of Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, could be curtailed under the 2020 state budget, with tighter...
Opinion: Grow Smart honors Barbara Fields
PROVIDENCE – For many Rhode Islanders, Barbara Field’s name is synonymous with the word “home”. For nearly 30 years, she been a recognized...
GrowSmartRI seeks nominations for Smart Growth Awards
PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island has opened nominations for its annual Smart Growth Awards, and is seeking nominations of leaders, projects and policies...
R.I. joins partnership developing transportation emission cap/trade program
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was among nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., Tuesday announcing a partnership in a project designed to create...
Brownfields basics boot camp to be held in Central Falls
CENTRAL FALLS – A ‘brownfields basics boot camp’ for city officials and others interested in how to identify opportunities in vacated industrial sites will...
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