Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
R.I. receives $6.8M from feds for Revolving Loan Funds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated $6.8 million from the federal government to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds for businesses impacted by...
Tech volunteers save the day for small retailers
Lori Lyons spent the first 48 hours after the state issued stay-at-home orders in a sleepless haze of research into how to transform her...
Avishai Nevel, founder and CEO, Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative
PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards
Avishai Nevel | Founder and CEO, Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative
HOME IS WHERE the heart is, and Avishai Nevel’s heart...
Restore RI sees 100 businesses apply in round 2; no cap...
PROVIDENCE – Another 100 small businesses have applied for grants under the state’s Restore RI program, with no plans to cap or close the...
Roughly 90 R.I. restaurants/bars showed some noncompliance; Simone concerned about curfew
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will implement its 11 p.m. shutdown for bars Friday, after Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said during her weekly COVID-19 press...
Restore RI small-business grant program closes first round of applications
PROVIDENCE – The state’s new small-business grant program will temporarily stop accepting applications at noon today, according to Matt Sheaff, director of communications and...
POWERING UP: Offshore wind sector gains momentum despite pandemic
Stark white walls, blank computer screens and empty desk chairs weren’t what the executives at Denmark-based wind-energy firm Orsted had in mind when they...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, July 2020
1. PBN announces 2020 25 Leaders & Achievers honorees POSTED ONLINE: JULY 17 The Providence Business News announced winners of its second annual 25...
Restore RI small-business grant program opens to ‘comfortable pace’
PROVIDENCE – More than 600 small businesses have submitted applications for the state’s newly opened grant program as of Tuesday morning, according to Matt...
Five Questions with: Rick Simone
Rick Simone | Founder, Ocean State Coalition; executive director, Federal Hill Commerce Association
1. What exactly is the Ocean State Coalition and how and why...
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