Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
Everybody’s Business: A success in bringing flavor of South to R.I.
(Editor’s note: This is the 51st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
$5M grant key to R.I. biotech deal in Smithfield
The R.I. Life Science Hub was seeded with $45 million in the fiscal 2024 state budget and now the organization is using a big...
R.I. Commerce board approves $10M incentive package for Mass.-based biotech firm
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors on Thursday unanimously approved $10 million in Rebuild Rhode Island tax credits to Organogenesis Holdings Inc....
Apartment project at old Providence train station complex OK’d for incentives
PROVIDENCE – The owner of 36 Exchange Terrace is adding 16 market-rate apartments above the Union Station Brewery in 12,000 square feet of space...
R.I. Commerce seeking more federal Ocean Tech Hub dollars
PROVIDENCE – Maybe a third time will be the charm for the R.I. Commerce Corp. when it comes to the state's effort to get...
R.I. has fallen behind in use of manufactured homes
As a housing crisis continues to rage throughout the U.S., a recent report notes that more residents are willing to live in nontraditional quarters...
Fire at Cranston Applebee’s deemed accidental
CRANSTON – The grease fire that ripped through the Applebee’s restaurant at Garden City Center on Oct. 16 has been determined to be accidental,...
R.I. Commerce Corp. lands $1.6M for small businesses
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. has been awarded $1.6 million to support small businesses in the construction, transportation and renewable energy industries through the...
Five Questions With: Erin Donovan Boyle
Erin Donovan Boyle | CEO and president, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce
1. What are the biggest challenges facing both the Newport County and...
R.I. Commerce awarded $160K from SBA to support underserved communities
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. has been awarded nearly $160,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to...
