Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
URI receives $8M to support state’s research ecosystem
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded an $8 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to support the state’s research...
Bristol property reopens as state’s largest closed-landfill solar site
BRISTOL – A once-derelict municipal property has found new life as Rhode Island's largest closed-landfill solar site.
The 90-acre Bristol Landfill Solar Project, with 6.875...
Everybody’s Business: Hibiscus from homeland a key ingredient to success
(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
RIDOT wants to know why no one filed a bid to...
State transportation officials hit two milestones last week in the continuing saga that is the replacement of the westbound Washington Bridge.
The R.I. Department of...
State receives final federal approval for $108M ‘Internet for All’ initiative
PROVIDENCE – Federal and state officials on Wednesday announced that Rhode Island has been given the go-ahead to begin putting to work the $108...
REGENT Craft secures investment from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
NORTH KINGSTOWN – REGENT Craft Inc. is expanding its global reach with a strategic investment from Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, or MOL, the electric...
Five Questions With: David Neeleman
David Neeleman | CEO, Breeze Airways
1. Forbes magazine recently wrote that Breeze is “betting the ranch” on Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport....
R.I. Commerce issues $25M RFP for broadband upgrades in Jamestown, Newport,...
PROVIDENCE – Around 6,700 locations across Jamestown, Newport and Westerly are set to get broadband service improvements under a $25 million request for proposals...
Fortuitous Partners celebrates topping off of Tidewater Landing stadium
PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island’s only professional soccer team and the company that’s building its new home recently celebrated a milestone in the construction process...
R.I. Commerce awards $4M for Commercial District Improvements
PROVIDENCE – State officials on Tuesday announced the latest grant recipients of a pair of infrastructure and commercial revitalization programs run through R.I. Commerce...
