Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
Most-read stories on PBN.com, June 2022
1. PBN announces 2022 40 Under Forty honorees
POSTED ONLINE: JUNE 10
Forty young professionals have been chosen as the winners of Providence Business News’ 18th...
Plans for Microfibres site please some, worry others
FOR THE FIRST TIME since Microfibres Inc. went out of business in 2016, the former fabrics factory at 1 Moshassuck St. in Pawtucket appears...
Shortage of industrial sites has R.I. taking steps to help
When it comes to available industrial sites in Rhode Island, the list is rather short.
State commerce officials say the vacancy rate is running at...
Regent Craft partners with Pacific Current to develop Seaglider network in...
PROVIDENCE – Regent Craft Inc., the Boston-area startup set to move to Rhode Island, has partnered with Hawaii's largest electricity provider to explore a...
Gelfuso named new Chafee center director
SMITHFIELD – A Cranston native who has spent the last 16 years in the nation’s capital as a global business development executive will return...
DBR Director Tanner named new R.I. commerce secretary
PROVIDENCE – The director of the R.I. Department of Business Regulation will shift over to R.I. Commerce Corp. to serve as the state’s new...
New R.I. commerce secretary to be announced June 27
PROVIDENCE – A new state secretary of commerce is expected to be announced by Gov. Daniel J. McKee on June 27, McKee spokesperson Matt...
Pryor to resign from R.I. Commerce on June 21
PROVIDENCE – Stefan Pryor’s time as the state’s commerce secretary is nearing completion.
Pryor, who has served as Rhode Island’s first secretary for R.I. Commerce...
Rhode Island will have big role in helping host Army-Navy football...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will play a significant role when Gillette Stadium plays host to one of college football’s oldest traditions in December 2023.
The...
R.I. Commerce skeptical of reworked soccer stadium funding plan
PROVIDENCE – Disneyland started with the iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle.
The rest came later.
And according to Gov. Daniel J. McKee, the 10,000-seat United Soccer League...