Tag: Minority-owned Businesses
Citizens taking submissions for Community Champion Award Contest
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has launched its seventh annual Small Business Community Champion Award Contest, designed to honor small businesses by recognizing...
Polar Park construction manager pays $1.9M over minority hiring
BOSTON (AP) – The company that oversaw the construction of a minor league baseball park in Massachusetts has agreed to pay nearly $2 million...
New leadership, reorganization of state division has led to increased MBE...
PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards
Government: R.I. Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Upon being hired in August 2021 as the associate director...
R.I. Foundation study: Minority-owned businesses still lacking in state
PROVIDENCE – While the minority population in Rhode Island is increasing, the number of minority-owned businesses in the Ocean State still lag behind the...
R.I. needs to get with the times on minority contracting
The state historically has failed miserably in ensuring minority-owned businesses get their fair share of tens of millions of dollars in state contracts.
That looked...
Adopted as a baby, marketer still connected to her ancestry
(Editor’s note: This is the 15th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Everybody’s Business: ‘I knew … the odds would be against me’
(Editor’s note: This is the 11th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each is asked their views on...
R.I. Foundation, McKee administration launch $150K initiative to support minority-owned businesses
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation and Gov. Daniel J. McKee jointly announced Monday that they are launching the $150,000 initiative to help enhance...
Everybody’s Business: ‘Anyone can forge their own path’
(Editor’s note: This is the eighth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
R.I. Commerce Corp., R.I. Foundation collaborate on initiative to help minority-owned...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and the Rhode Island Foundation are collaborating on a project that will help support, sustain and grow minority-owned businesses...
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