WindWinRI student training program receives $175K DLT grant

Updated at 6:51 p.m.

Nancy Lavin

January 3, 2022 3:03 pm

THE NORTH KINGSTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE recently received a $175,000 grant from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training to expand its WindWinRI Offshore Wind Energy Career Training Pathway System. Pictured is the Block Island Wind Farm./ COURTESY ORSTED U.S. OFFSHORE WIND

NORTH KINGSTOWN – As plans for a slew of offshore wind arrays take shape across the region, the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce is powering up its own training program for Rhode Island students and businesses with new state grant funding. The recently awarded $175,000 grant from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training will…