Posts by Chris Hunter

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: July 15, 2026 PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health, has closed on a $990,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan with 100% principal forgiveness for the City…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: July 9, 2026 PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has closed on a $4 million Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund (MRB) loan for the Town of East Greenwich. The low-cost financing will be used for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of approximately 12 miles of town roads, as well…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: June 29, 2026 PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has closed on two Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loans totaling $290,790. Both loans feature 100% principal forgiveness, effectively acting as grants to support critical resiliency and…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: June 8, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a total of $1,095,800 in grants to the communities of Bristol, Coventry, East Greenwich, Hopkinton, Jamestown, Middletown, New Shoreham, Pawtucket, Providence, and West Warwick for the…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: June 2, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has closed on two loans totaling $950,000 to the Town of Tiverton ($450,000) and the Town of Jamestown ($500,000). These loans, made through the Infrastructure Bank’s Community Septic…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: May 29, 2026 $6.2 million Municipal Road & Bridge Fund loan to finance accessibility and historic preservation improvements along Benefit Street. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has closed on a $6,200,000 Municipal Road & Bridge Fund…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: April 28, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, in coordination with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), has awarded a $1,481,570 grant to the Smithfield Water Supply Board for the construction and implementation of the Lake Forest Health & Rehabilitation Center Log Road interconnection project. The project will…

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: April 27, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health, has closed on a $26.2 million Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with $12.8 million in principal forgiveness (i.e. a…

For Immediate Release: March 3, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a $2,011,880 Emerging Contaminants Grant to the Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC). The grant will be used to address Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by enhancing NBC’s laboratory capacity through the…