Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
R.I. Commerce board approves $5K grants for small businesses
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee said $5,000 grants administered through the RI Rebounds Initiative program will go a long way in helping struggling business,...
$40M Rhode Island Ready economic-development initiative unveiled
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Over the last decade, Quonset Business Park’s site-readiness program has created more than 3,500 jobs and approximately $682 million in private...
Can the buyer of Narragansett Electric handle offshore wind?
Connecting massive arrays of offshore wind turbines to the state electric grid is a complicated process, and some fear the corporation looking to buy...
Kimble-Huntley: Time to be ‘thinking differently and thinking big’ on tourism
PROVIDENCE – “Thinking big is going to be one of the things that is going to set us apart from other states” on tourism,...
Josh Saal named new R.I. housing czar
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee has appointed Josh Saal as Rhode Island's deputy secretary of commerce for housing to oversee the state’s housing...
Pawtucket approves agreements laying out timing, funding for Tidewater Landing
PAWTUCKET – Plans to transform 28 acres of the Pawtucket riverfront into a mixed-use development complete with a United Soccer League stadium are moving...
R.I. Commerce board awards $1.4M to support small businesses, nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – As the economy emerges from the pandemic crisis, the R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday approved the awarding of $1.4...
5% hotel tax collection in R.I. soars 75% Y/Y in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 5% hotel tax in Rhode Island in September increased 75% year over year to $2.9 million, according to the...
McKee: Find the opportunities in economic challenges
(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
As a small-business owner, former mayor and lieutenant governor...
Lending some help to little guys
SMALL BUSINESS
Ask any Rhode Island small-business owner if they could use more help – loans, grants, coaching, training programs – and it’s safe to...
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