Tag: R.I. Executive Office of Commerce
PBN summit: With recession looming, R.I. economy faces big test
The predicted downturn in 2023 will test Rhode Island’s business owners in a state that has yet to adequately prepare its labor force with...
PBN summit panel: Economic indicators say recession coming in 2023
PROVIDENCE – In many ways, the party is over.
At least that's the way the panelists at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Thursday...
PC president looks to market Friars’ brand on national level
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
The Rev. Kenneth...
Downtown Woonsocket getting a higher ed boost
The workforce in southern Rhode Island got a helping hand in getting crucial training when the state opened the Westerly Education Center four years...
Get started fixing R.I.’s housing problem
When it comes to addressing Rhode Island’s housing crisis, there’s good news and there’s bad news.
In March, Rhode Islanders got two good pieces of...
Report: Clean energy sector employs more than 16K in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The clean-energy sector in Rhode Island employed 16,021 at the beginning of 2019, according to the 2019 Clean Energy Industry Report released...
Five Questions With Elizabeth M. Tanner
Elizabeth M. Tanner | Director of business regulation, R.I. Executive Office of Commerce
1. What have been your biggest successes since your appointment as director...
Web tools boosting small businesses
Three years ago, the Rhode Island Foundation’s Jessica David identified a void in the local shopping scene – there was no central platform connecting...
Commerce issues RFP for Innovation Campuses
PROVIDENCE- The R.I. Executive Office of Commerce has issued its Request for Proposals for the creation of one or more Innovation Campuses in Rhode...