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MARIA GOOCH-SMITH, executive director of the South Eastern Economic Development Corp., will retire at the end of April 2019. / COURTESY SOUTH EASTERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

SEED Executive Director Gooch-Smith to retire at end of April 2019

Financial Services 11/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – Maria Gooch-Smith, executive director of the South Eastern Economic Development Corp., will retire at the end of April 2019, the organization announced...

FINANCIAL BOOST: A $100,000 Small Business Assistance Program loan from R.I. Commerce Corp. helped Shaidzon Beer co-owners Josh Letourneau, left, and Chip Samson launch their brewing company in South Kingstown. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Commerce RI helps secure $10M for small businesses through SBAP loans

Entrepreneurship 11/23/2018

From kegs and bottles to packaging materials and professional costs, when Shaidzon Beer Co. was setting up in the months prior to its November...

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Small Business Saturday SHOP RI committee members, from left, Claudia Lowe, special projects coordinator; Bob Killian, co-chair and business manager; Sue Babin, co-chair and operations director; and Brian La Fauci pose for a photo during last year’s Small Business Saturday event at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. This year’s event will be held at the Crowne Plaza on Nov. 24.  / COURTESY SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SHOP RI

Editor’s Choice: Show support for small businesses on Nov. 24

Subscriber Only 11/16/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE Show support for small businesses on Nov. 24 MORE THAN 100 Rhode Island-based small businesses will set up sale displays as part...

SEED receives $600K federal grant

Government 10/17/2018

PROVIDENCE – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Community Development Financial Institution Fund under the U.S. Treasury...

LEAN DISCUSSION: Attendees sit in on a discussion during the GBMP’s annual Northeast Lean Conference at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., in 2016. This year’s conference will be held at the R.I. Convention Center in Providence Oct. 10-11. / COURTESY GBMP

Editor’s Choice: GBMP to hold 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference

Subscriber Only 10/05/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE GBMP to hold 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference GBMP, A MASSACHUSETTS-BASED nonprofit, will hold its 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference in Rhode...

CLIMATE CHANGE: The Metcalf Institute will hold a five-day lecture series on the impacts of climate change June 11-15 at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Editor’s Choice: Learn impacts of climate change

Subscriber Only 06/08/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE Learn impacts of climate change METCALF INSTITUTE will hold a five-day lecture series on the impacts of climate change, how to adapt...

LOCAL IMPACT: Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio will discuss a variety of issues impacting the state at the "Eggs & Issues" breakfast hosted by the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln on June 4. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Editor’s Choice: Discuss state issues with Ruggerio

Subscriber Only 06/01/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE Discuss state issues with Ruggerio THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will host an “Eggs & Issues” breakfast event with Senate President Dominick...

THE SOUTH EASTERN Economic Development Corp. loaned $132,800 to P&A African Market, which allowed the store providing African foods and goods to relocate to a building at 855 Newport Ave. in Pawtucket. / COURTESY SEED

Economic-development group loans $132,800 to P&A African Market

Financial Services 05/15/2018

PAWTUCKET – A nonprofit community lender has made a small-business loan of $132,800 to a 12-year-old market in Pawtucket that serves shoppers looking for...

NEW BEDFORD’S Entrepreneurship for All awarded more than $3,000 to startups in its latest Sell Your Skills Pitch Contest. / COURTESY EFORALL

Entrepreneurs sell their skills, win pitch awards

Technology 05/02/2018

NEW BEDFORD – Entrepreneurship for All, or EforAll, hosted a Sell Your Skills Pitch Contest on April 4 at Fort Taber Community Center in...

SBA-backed loans in R.I. decline in first half of fiscal 2018

Economic Activity 04/11/2018

PROVIDENCE — Halfway through the current fiscal year, the U.S. Small Business Administration has guaranteed 7.5 percent less in loans to local businesses, even...

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