Posts by Chris Hunter
Infrastructure Bank Awards $200,000 Grant To URI For Manganese Vulnerability Study
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: January 8, 2026 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, in coordination with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has awarded a $199,856 Emerging Contaminants grant to the University of Rhode Island (URI) to conduct a…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Closes On $21 Million Loan for Providence Water Main Rehabilitation Work
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: December 16, 2025 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 $21 million Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan with $9.4 million in principal forgiveness (i.e. a grant) for Providence Water to complete the Trinity Square…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Provides $11 Million Low-Cost Loan to Warwick Sewer Authority For Treatment System Upgrades
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: December 4, 2025 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 $11,069,500 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan, with 20% principal forgiveness (i.e. a $2.2 million grant) to the Warwick Sewer Authority for three…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Provides $3.7 Million Low-Cost Loan to Town of West Warwick for Wastewater Treatment System Upgrades
For Immediate Release: December 4, 2025 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 $3,700,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan, with 20% principal forgiveness, to the Town of West Warwick for three critical wastewater treatment system improvement…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Provides $788,000 Loan to Bristol for Design of Multiple Clean Water Projects
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 $788,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan to the Town of Bristol for the design and engineering required for four waste and stormwater projects: “Like many coastal communities, Bristol is…
Read MoreNavigating Change With Purpose Seminar Wrap Up
On behalf of the team at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, I want to thank the more than 170 speakers and guests who joined us on October 15th for our Navigating Change With Purpose seminar. It was a great morning filled with panels on resilience, case studies, upcoming funding opportunities, regional trends, and a keynote…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Awards Community Project Assistance Grants To 8 Municipal Projects Across State
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: October 31, 2025 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners has approved a total of $377,500 in Community Project Assistance Fund grant awards for the communities of Jamestown, Lincoln, Middletown, North Smithfield, Pawtucket, Scituate, South Kingstown, and West…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Closes On $100,000 Loan For Prudence Park Water Association To Install New Pressure Tanks & Flow Meter
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: October 23, 2025 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 $100,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan with 100% principal forgiveness (i.e. a grant) to the Prudence Park Water Association for the installation…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Provides $6 Million In Financing For Westerly Road Improvement Work
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: October 21, 2025 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has closed on a $6 million Municipal Road and Bridge Revolving Fund loan for the Town Westerly for the construction, renovation, rehabilitation, repair, improvement, and landscaping of town roads, sidewalks, and drainage facilities. “Well maintained roads are essential for Rhode Island’s cities, towns, businesses, and residents and we are pleased to provide $6…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Provided $200 Million In Financing For Rhode Island Projects In FY 2025
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: October 15, 2025 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners has released its annual report, showing that in Fiscal Year 2025 the Bank provided $202 million in grants and loans for clean water, drinking water, emerging contaminants, community septic systems,…
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