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RI Federal & State Officials Outline $110 Million Federal Investment in Planned T.F. Green Airport Improvements
WARWICK, RI - After discussions with key officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), members of Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, and Peter Frazier, Interim President & CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corpor...
Posted on 10/16/2012 | -
Over $3.3 Million in Federal Funds to Help Reconstruct Pawtucket River Bridge
PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to improve the safety of Rhode Island’s bridges and relieve traffic congestion, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative David Cicilline today announced over $3.34 million in federal funds to help replace the Pawtucket River Bridge on...
Posted on 7/31/2012 | -
Groundwork Providence Receives $200K for Environmental Job Training
PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help Rhode Island job seekers find work and develop healthy, green communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced a new $200,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields grant to help Groundwork Providence improve its environmental job train...
Posted on 6/22/2012 | -
RI’s AmeriCorps Gets $1.48 Million to Boost Non-Profits
PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced seven local nonprofit organizations are the beneficiaries of over $1.48 million in federal AmeriCorps grants. The AmeriCorps grants are the result of the 2012 AmeriCorps State and National funding competition and advance the priorities of the...
Posted on 6/1/2012 | -
Reed Announces Over $762,000 for RI Arts Organizations
In an effort to promote community arts programs and arts education throughout Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island arts organizations will receive $762,800 in federal grants through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). These f...
Posted on 4/25/2012 | -
Reed, NEA Chairman Tour Woonsocket Arts District
WOONSOCKET, RI - In an effort to bolster economic development through the arts, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman, the top arts official in the Obama Administration, today toured Woonsocket’s Main Street to get a firsthand look...
Posted on 4/10/2012 | -
Reed Tours Wickford Junction Train Station, Commuter Rail Service Set to Begin April 23
NORTH KINGSTON, RI - The long-awaited Wickford Junction Train Station is on track to begin commuter rail service starting April 23. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who over the years secured nearly $33 million in federal funding for the new Wickford Junction Train Station, today tou...
Posted on 4/5/2012 |