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Infrastructure Bank Awards $638,000 In Emerging Contaminants Grants To Small Water Systems In Newport, Scituate & Little Compton
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, in coordination with the Rhode Island Department of Health, has awarded a total of $638,000 in grant funding to small water systems in Newport, Scituate, and Little Compton to address PFAS and manganese contamination impacting public drinking water sources. The awards come from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Awards $3.3 Million In Municipal Infrastructure Grants for Projects In 11 Cities & Towns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Board of Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has voted to award a total of $3,341,918 million in Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program (MIGP) awards to the communities of Bristol, Burrillville, Coventry, Cumberland, East Providence, Jamestown, Portsmouth, Providence, Warwick, West Warwick, and Westerly for the completion of actionable, impactful projects identified through a request…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank Provides $550,000 In Septic System Loan Financing For Johnston & Scituate Programs
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 for the Town of Johnston and a $300,000 loan for the Town of Scituate to allow both communities to make 0% interest loans to qualifying homeowners to repair or…
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Town of Westerly to offer 0% interest, 5-year loans to eligible homes to tie into the Town’s sewer system and abandon outdated septic and cesspool systems.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)…
Read MoreR.I. Infrastructure Bank Provides $77,000 To Richmond’s Shannock Water District For New Emergency Generator
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 $77,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan, with 100% principal forgives (i.e. a grant), for the Shannock Water District to install a new emergency generator. Located in Richmond, the Shannock…
Read MoreInfrastructure Bank Announces $5.2 Million In Action Grants for Municipal Resilience Projects In 8 Communities Across Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank today announced $5.2 million in Action Grants for participants of the Municipal Resilience Program (MRP). Communities prioritized local actions through the program and will use grant funds to implement projects that will increase their climate resilience. Funding for the action grants comes from the 2022 voter approved Green…
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