News
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Keith Stokes, Claudia Cardozo-Tarullo Recipients of 2010 Small Business Awards
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 14:43
Two representatives of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) are among the eight 2010 Rhode Island small business award winners announced last week by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Rhode Island Science and Technology (STAC) Advisors Focus on Education
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 14:20
Federal education reform funding, science and technology standards topped STAC's May 6 meeting agenda which also emphasized the vital link between education and workforce development in the state’s growing innovation economy.
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Governor Carcieri, State Leaders Unveil Executive Order and Legislative Package Making it Easier to do Business in Rhode Island
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 14:04
Governor Carcieri, House Speaker Gordon Fox, and President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva Weed today joined the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce to unveil an Executive Order and package of legislation aimed at making it easy to do business in Rhode Island by cutting government red tape and removing barriers to the establishment and growth of small business.
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RIEDC Board Unanimously Approves Action Plan To Promote Economic Growth
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 16:34
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) Board of Directors unanimously voted, during Monday’s board meeting, to approve a plan that prioritizes the organization’s efforts to effectively address the state’s economic development needs. The plan is the result of ideas generated in two strategy sessions involving board members and senior RIEDC staff and incorporates recommendations made by the Governor’s Economic Development Corporation Review Panel.
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RIEDC’s Every Company Counts Hosts Informational Forum for Pawtucket Businesses
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 14:47
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation’s (RIEDC) small business initiative, Every Company Counts (ECC), along with other city, state and federal agencies, will hold an informational forum on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 for Pawtucket business owners on how they can take advantage of available resources to help them move forward in the current economy.
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Governor Carcieri, House & Senate Leadership Release Report Outlining Recommendations of CCRI 21st Century Workforce Commission
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 13:27
Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Speaker Gordon D. Fox, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, the RIEDC, and the CCRI 21st Century Workforce Commission gathered to outline the Commission’s recommendations for strengthening CCRI’s position as a critical resource to educate workers for high-wage jobs in the state’s 21st century knowledge economy.
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Governor Carcieri and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Announce Flood Funding for Small Businesses
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 13:58
Governor Carcieri and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) today announce the terms and conditions for the RIEDC Small Business Loan Fund’s (SBLF) Emergency Flood Fund.
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Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Engages Cities and Towns at a Statewide “Listening Tour”
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 13:33
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Keith Stokes today launched a statewide “Listening Tour” with Rhode Island communities, local businesses and chambers of commerce.
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Governor Carcieri and RIEDC Executive Director to Tour R.I's Emerging Information, Manufacturing and Green Energy Companies
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 14:32
Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the RIEDC today announced several planned tours of Rhode Island-based small businesses operating in the state’s emerging growth sectors: information technology, advanced manufacturing and green energy.
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Every Company Counts Hosts Office Hours at Local Chambers of Commerce
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 15:14
Every Company Counts (ECC), the small business initiative of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, today announced it will hold regular office hours at Rhode Island’s Chambers of Commerce, bringing ECC’s services to the Ocean State’s local communities.
