R.I. Foundation, McKee administration launch $150K initiative to support minority-owned businesses
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION and Gov. Daniel J. McKee jointly announced Monday that they are launching the $150,000 initiative to help enhance the growth and support of minority-owned businesses across Rhode Island. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation and Gov. Daniel J. McKee jointly announced Monday that they are launching the $150,000 initiative to help enhance the growth and support of minority-owned businesses across Rhode Island.
The initiative is part of a collaboration between the foundation and R.I. Commerce Corp., where Camoin Associates, based out of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the Providence-based Multicultural Innovation Center will work as partners on this project. The cost of the project will be split between R.I. Commerce and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Rhode Island to study ways to boost minority-owned business
May 17, 2021
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island is launching a $150,000 study to figure out ways to support and promote the growth of minority-owned businesses in the state, authorities announced Monday.
The study is a partnership between the nonprofit Rhode Island Foundation and the administration of Gov. Daniel KcKee.
The work, which will be performed by the Providence-based Multicultural Innovation Center and national consultant Camion Associates, will create a database of Black-, Latino-, Asian-, and Indigenous-owned businesses currently in operation in Rhode Island; assess the resources currently supporting those businesses; review national best practices to build and sustain minority-owned businesses; and compile feedback from existing Rhode Island-based minority businesses regarding their needs.
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