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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sharing on behalf of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank. </span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:mediumblue"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:mediumblue">Below is an opportunity for Municipal Resilience Program cities (MRP) in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank is accepting applications for
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">OVERVIEW:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"> The Municipal Resilience Program Action
Grants support Resilient Rhody, Rhode Island’s first comprehensive climate resilience action strategy, by providing direct funding to MRP cities and towns to implement key projects identified through the Community Resilience</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Upon successful completion of the MRP workshop, municipalities are designated as “Resilient Rhody Municipalities” which enables municipalities to apply for dedicated
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">PROPOSALS SOUGHT FOR: Technical assistance for non-profits, and other private entities, to construct or make improvements to clean energy-related infrastructure and
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">OVERVIEW: Small Business Energy Fund (“SBEF”) is a competitive financing program providing capital funds for small businesses in Rhode Island, including non-profit,
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