Posts by Greg Miller
Notice of Funding Availability
Applications are now being accepted for the Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund. For more details, click here.
Read MoreNotice of Funding Opportunity: Community Project Assistance Fund
The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (“the Bank”) is soliciting applications from public sectorentities for technical assistance grants supporting design, feasibility analysis, needs assessment,strategic planning and engineering projects that advance: Technical assistance funding may also be used by municipalities to satisfy matching fundrequirements for state or federal grants that they are actively pursuing or have already…
Read MoreLittle Compton school will lead the way in RI to abate ‘forever chemicals.’ Here’s how.
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal — You’d never think there’s anything wrong with the water that comes from the town well next to Wilbur & McMahon Schools. There’s no odor or taste that would signal that anything’s amiss. But the groundwater that’s pumped up from an aquifer 180 feet below the surface contains trace amounts of…
Read MoreWith climate change our new reality, it’s time to invest in a more resilient Rhody
During a one-month stretch in January 2024, Rhode Island was hammered by several severe rainstorms, with communities across the state experiencing 3-5 inches of rain in a very short time. According to the National Weather Service, these storms combined to bring that month’s rainfall total to 300 percent above normal levels. These storms wreaked havoc…
Read MoreLegislators, Treasurer Diossa, Infrastructure Bank urge passage of Resilient Rhody Infrastructure Fund Bill
STATE HOUSE – Earlier today, Rep. Terri Cortvriend and Sen. Louis DiPalma were joined by Rep. Tina Spears, Rhode Island General Treasurer James Diossa, Bristol Town Manager Steven Contente, and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Executive Director William Fazioli at Bristol’s Independence Park to urge passage of legislation (2025-H 6252) formally establishing the Resilient Rhody Infrastructure…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank Provides Westerly With $250,000 In Sewer Tie In Loan Program Financing
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 $250,000 loan to allow the Town of Westerly to offer 0% interest, 5-year loans to eligible homes to tie into the Town’s sewer system and abandon outdated septic and cesspool systems. “Transitioning from old…
Read MoreC-PACE Financing for Solar Installation at a Family-Owned Restaurant in Rhode Island
NEW YORK, N.Y. – NYCEEC provided a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Loan to finance the installation of rooftop and ground-mount solar installations at a family-owned pizza restaurant outside of Providence, Rhode Island. The project will be installed at Angelo’s Palace Pizza on a 2.3-acre commercial property and is anticipated to provide nearly 300…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Awards $650,000 To Wood River Health Services To Remove PFAS From Drinking Water System
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a $650,000 grant to Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley to implement a treatment system to remove PFAS from the organization’s well water drinking source. Grant funding was made available via the Environmental…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank Provides Warwick With $150,000 In Sewer Tie In Loan Program Financing
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 $150,000 loan to allow the City of Warwick to continue their low-interest loan program for eligible homes to tie into the local sewer system and abandon outdated septic and cesspool systems.…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Awards $1.4 Million Grant To URI Cooperative Extension For PFAS Detection & Monitoring
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has awarded a $1,430,898 grant to the University of Rhode Island’s Cooperative Extension to continue the Extension’s work assisting the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)…
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