Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
Deadline approaching for Innovation Campus submissions
PROVIDENCE – The deadline is approaching for submissions to the state of Rhode Island for the development of a state-supported Innovation Campus.
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Do you like Commerce RI’s less centralized plan for marketing Rhode...
Unlike the much-ballyhooed and then immediately much-criticized “Cooler & Warmer” state tourism campaign, the R.I. Commerce Corp. has adopted a more understated approach to...
New Commerce RI President Jesse Saglio promises ‘more of the same’...
Since October 2015, Jesse Saglio, 46, has been a key behind-the-scenes player at R.I. Commerce Corp., most recently serving as managing director and head...
R.I. pitched as ‘Fun-Sized’
“Marketing is not a logo, it is not a brand,” said R.I. Commerce Corp. Chief Marketing Officer Lara Salamano, discussing the agency’s decidedly low-key...
Saglio faces big challenges as Commerce RI’s new president
R.I. Commerce Corp. has a new leader, Jesse Saglio, and he recently sat down with PBN to talk about his expectations for the job.
What...
Commerce drops broad tourism message for ‘Fun-Sized’ offerings
PROVIDENCE – There will be no successor to the much-criticized 2016 “Cooler & Warmer” state tourism campaign, R.I. Commerce Corp. Chief Marketing Officer Lara...
R.I. bids to become a statewide foreign trade zone. Who will...
Rhode Island, which sometimes is at a disadvantage trying to lure or expand business because of its small size, now hopes to use that...
Rhode Island could become a single foreign trade zone
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. has applied for what effectively will be a statewide designation as a Foreign Trade Zone, under an administrative...
Commerce RI board of directors to consider $1M tax credit for...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I Commerce Corp. will consider a few projects and companies for tax incentives at a board of directors meeting Monday afternoon...
Ruggiero: Middletown extending broadband network
MIDDLETOWN – In a Jan. 9 op-ed, Rep. Deborah Ruggiero, D-Jamestown, chair of the state Legislative Commission to Study Broadband Services and Accessibility, said...