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Tuesday, August 25, 2020Restore Greater Newport calls on businesses, residents to fill out survey to track COVID-19 impact
Restore Greater Newport calls on businesses, residents to fill out survey to track COVID-19 impact Reposted from The Newport Daily News. The original article can be found here. Restore Greater Newport is tracking COVID-19′s economic impact on the Greater Newport region, to learn the needs of businesses and residents. A survey, designed to be taken monthly by local residents and business owners, will help to determine how people are participating in the local economy in the midst of the global
Sunday, June 07, 2020Rhode Island’s Chambers step up in a time of crisis
GUEST VIEW: Rhode Island’s Chambers step up in a time of crisis Reposted from The Newport Daily News. The original article can be found here. Often, we hear questions about the role and significance of Chambers of Commerce. “What does the Chamber do?” is a question that you might hear asked in a given community. Although all chambers are not the same, they do offer many of the same important things. They act as advocates for the small business community; sponsor and run business education meetings; host
Thursday, May 14, 2020Greater Newport Chamber, Discover Newport announce task force to reopen region
The original Newport Daily News article can be found here. By Daily News staffPosted May 14, 2020 at 10:15 AM The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce and Discover Newport jointly announced the formation of Restore Greater Newport, an economic recovery and resilience task force. It is a group of private, public, and government representatives working collaboratively, as a region, to minimize the economic impact of the COVID-19-driven economic crisis. “We are focused on regaining economic prosperity
Tuesday, January 21, 2020Consultant will begin gathering input for plan on Newport’s North End development
Shared from Newport Daily News online. Click here for original story on NewportRI.com By Daily News staff Posted Jan 17, 2020 at 4:15 PM Updated Jan 17, 2020 at 4:33 PM The meetings are the first step in a public outreach effort designed to solicit and collect feedback from community members across the city to shape the future of Newport’s North End neighborhood. NEWPORT — As the moratorium halting development in the North End continues, work to draft the plan expected to guide the future of that
Wednesday, October 16, 2019R.I. Director of Food Strategy tells crowd to ask for what they want at Newport Chamber event
Reposted from Newport Daily News online. https://www.newportri.com/news/20191016/food-for-thought-ri-director-of-food-strategy-tells-crowd-to-ask-for-what-they-want-at-newport-chamber-event By Rachael Thatcher “There’s no invisible hand that sets our market,” Anderbois said, encouraging people to go to larger, corporate supermarkets and say “if you sold this, I’d buy it.” The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce hosts a number of Women in Business events throughout the year, always featuring an
Monday, October 07, 2019Moratorium Bad for Business
By Erin Donovan-Boyle, Executive Director This Wednesday, The Newport City Council will have the second reading of a proposed 6 month moratorium on economic development in the North End. The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors opposes this because we believe it sends the wrong anti-business message to existing and potential businesses in the region. While we know that this proposal halts progress in the area related to known projects, we do not know the long-term implications of
Monday, October 07, 2019Newport's North End moratorium: How did we get here?
By Derek Gomes Daily News staff writer Reposted from the Newport Daily News website:https://www.newportri.com/photogallery/PJ/20191007/NEWS/100709993/PH/1?fbclid=IwAR0-uFVt3ubJK22cZn8gnirysC9qnEcQo_YWF5xiKmEwiCy_moFoNV1yDGM Newport’s North End has become the subject of debate over the future of how the area will be developed. What is Carpionato Group proposing and why does it need city relief to do so? The Newport Grand building would be demolished and in its place there would be two six-story hotels,
Friday, October 04, 2019Chamber of commerce has new name, logo
By Daily News staff Posted Oct 4, 2019 NEWPORT — The chamber of commerce is making some changes. After nearly a year of work, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce has changed its name and unveiled a new logo. The chamber will know be known at the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce. The change comes after the “an extensive strategic planning process last year to better identify the organization’s purpose, mission and vision.” The process included focus groups, a survey of membership and concluded
Tuesday, September 24, 2019Newport County Chamber board votes against North End moratorium
By Daily News Staff Council vote planned for Wednesday. NEWPORT — As the City Council considers an ordinance to establish a moratorium in the North End at least one organization is against the concept. The Newport County Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors “voted to oppose the proposed 6-month moratorium on economic development because it will not only adversely impact the businesses that currently own real estate or operate active businesses in that area, but we believe it sends the wrong
Saturday, January 06, 2018Worldwide business appeal for Newport County?
By Matt Sheley Daily News staff writer Originally posted 1/6/2018 to http://www.newportri.com/fb6d2ca7-e420-5aec-9b5f-89258ab4724c.html NEWPORT -- Newport is already an international tourist destination. Now, thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, private businesses and half a dozen local municipalities, the hope is to make the region an international business destination, too. Starting next week, consultants from Fourth Economy will meet with economic
