Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
Living to fight another day on historic tax credits
Historic-preservation advocates had hoped for more to celebrate this past week.
Yes, the life of the state’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit program appeared to have...
URI, Brown rank low in Milken’s top tech-transfer universities
In almost two years as associate vice president of intellectual property and economic development at the University of Rhode Island, Michael E. Katz said...
House extends tourism-oversight panel
The House’s recent approval of a second iteration of the 2015 Tourism Study Commission, a 2-year-old legislative body chaired by Rep. Lauren H. Carson,...
Pushing bounds of cancer research
After developing a 20-year career in precision health care at world-renowned pharmaceutical companies, including Cambridge, Mass.-based Helicos Biosciences and Claritas Genomics, Patrice M. Milos...
Former Exchange Bank building expected to be converted to boutique hotel
PROVIDENCE – A historic office building on Westminster Street downtown is expected to be converted to a 48-room boutique hotel.
The R.I. Commerce Corp. on...
GE cautious on R.I. job growth
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo last year heralded the arrival of GE Digital, a technology division of General Electric Co., marking a triumphant moment in...
Weddings and small businesses – a Rhode Island love affair
Home to mansions and beaches, museums, historical architecture and a renowned culinary scene – Rhode Island has everything you’d want in a wedding-destination mecca,...
R.I. manufacturer adapts to survive
For U.S. manufacturers, to survive means to adapt.
In Rhode Island, known historically for its manufacturing, the trend has forced many businesses to re-create themselves,...
Commerce R.I. and RIDOT launch new website for Providence-Newport Ferry
PROVIDENCE - The Providence-Newport ferry now has its own website, thanks to the R.I. Commerce Corp. and the R.I. Department of Transportation. The new...
The state’s new approach to incentives has developers pining for a...
Time matters in historic renovation, and nowhere is that clearer than at the sprawling Pontiac Mills in Warwick.
The 19th-century textile mill was in a...
