Tag: Matt Sheaff
Raimondo announces $4M more in grants for “Take it Outside” campaign
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced on Wednesday an additional $4 million in grants from the state's stimulus to assist businesses and organizations...
Expanded Restore RI grant program sees 400 new applications in 4...
PROVIDENCE – The number of small businesses seeking grants through the Restore RI program has increased by nearly 50% in the last four days...
Restore RI grant program to expand to sole proprietors, larger companies
PROVIDENCE – The state’s grant program for small businesses that have lost revenue during the pandemic will be expanded to help both smaller and...
New agreement gives exclusive rights to Pawtucket soccer stadium developer, with...
PAWTUCKET – The state and city have signed an agreement giving Fortuitous Partners exclusive rights to develop a $400 million soccer stadium project along...
Raimondo ‘not satisfied’ with small-business relief
PROVIDENCE – Seven weeks after Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced a plan for small- business relief, she said she is "not satisfied" with the...
Restore RI sees 100 businesses apply in round 2; no cap...
PROVIDENCE – Another 100 small businesses have applied for grants under the state’s Restore RI program, with no plans to cap or close the...
Restore RI small-business grant program closes first round of applications
PROVIDENCE – The state’s new small-business grant program will temporarily stop accepting applications at noon today, according to Matt Sheaff, director of communications and...
Restore RI small-business grant program opens to ‘comfortable pace’
PROVIDENCE – More than 600 small businesses have submitted applications for the state’s newly opened grant program as of Tuesday morning, according to Matt...
TOURISM PIVOT: Struggling industry shifts focus closer to home
Ella Gonzalez is used to hearing families from faraway places bustling into the lobby of the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina during the summer....
R.I. shifts focus in tourism ads
While much of the U.S. sees a surge of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, R.I. Commerce Corp. has pivoted its tourism marketing to appeal...