Tag: Opportunity Zones
Learn about opportunity zones from R.I. Commerce Corp.
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. will host a workshop and conference on the Opportunity Zone program on Thursday, Feb. 21.
The daylong program will...
Five Questions With Stefan Pryor
5Q: Stefan Pryor | Secretary of commerce, Rhode Island
1. What was it like being president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. in the aftermath...
SEG awarded $257K grant to expand into Newport, Pawtucket/Central Falls
PROVIDENCE – Social Enterprise Greenhouse has received a $257,321 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to expand the organization’s footprint in Newport and...
IRS unveils proposed rules for tax law’s big capital gains break:...
NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service unveiled proposed regulations Friday for what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says could be a $100 billion investment opportunity...
Treasury Department approves R.I.’s 25 census tracts for opportunity-zone program
In mid-April, R.I. Commerce Corp. identified 25 low-income census tracts across 15 cities and towns in Rhode Island as opportunity zones, including Bristol’s tract...
How to rescue neighborhoods
More and more, American leaders are realizing that economic policies must be designed with a specific region in mind. Usually, the context is discussion...
All 25 R.I. ‘Qualified Opportunity Zones’ approved by feds
PROVIDENCE – All 25 areas that Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the R.I. Commerce Corp. submitted for designation as “Qualified Opportunity Zones” were approved...
Raimondo nominates 25 R.I. investment ‘opportunity zones’ to U.S. Treasury Department
PROVIDENCE – In the federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, there was a provision designed to encourage investment in low-income areas that...
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