Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
R.I. Commerce hires Kimble-Huntley for chief marketing officer role
PROVIDENCE - After a nationwide search, the R.I. Commerce Corp. has hired Anika Kimble-Huntley as its chief marketing officer.
Kimble-Huntley will be charged with working...
Everybody’s Business: He has a distaste for ‘minority’ label
Gabriel Varga | BlueSkies Construction & Design LLC
(Editor’s note: This is the 13th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and...
R.I. Commerce hires 2 consulting firms to advise on small-business credit...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. at its board meeting on Thursday approved the hiring of two consulting firms to advise on the implementation...
Broadband buildout at standstill in most of R.I.
When Kristin Monje began working at the Block Island School 32 years ago, the most advanced technology in the building was an overhead projector.
Monje...
RI Gives Vax Challenge distributes final $380K in grants to 38...
PROVIDENCE – The state has distributed the two final rounds of the RI Gives Vax Challenge grant program, the governor’s office announced Wednesday, awarding...
Unchartered training: How does region build workforce for new wind sector?
Toiling hundreds of feet above the open ocean, sometimes amid stormy weather and battering waves, technicians in the offshore wind industry need not only...
Is R.I. Small Business Development Fund too restrictive?
Two years have passed since lawmakers approved a controversial program giving investment firms tax credits in exchange for investing money in local companies, but...
R.I. Gives Vax Challenge awards $150K to 15 nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen local nonprofits became beneficiaries of a combined $150,000 in grants Tuesday from the state of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Foundation...
WaterFire commemorates new season with lighting of braziers
PROVIDENCE – WaterFire will once again see the lighting of its braziers, after being dark for the first time in its 25-year history during...
R.I. Commerce approves $250K for Rhode Island 2030 planning
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. on Monday approved $250,000 for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation to support Gov. Daniel J. McKee's Rhode...