Momentum Grows for Rhode Island Ready as 6 New Sites Added
Rhode Island Ready (RI Ready) recently continued its expansion throughout Rhode Island with six new locations approved for enrollment.
The Quonset Development Corp.’s (QDC) board of directors officially gave the seal of approval to the new sites in August and September, bringing RI Ready to 11 total enrollees.
The six newest sites approved for RI Ready include:
9 Dexter Road, East Providence
195 Francis Avenue, Cranston
1347 Roger Williams Way Kingstown
649 Waterfront Drive, East Providence
275 Ferris Avenue, East Providence
20 Goddard Road, Cranston
Rhode Island Ready is a statewide site readiness initiative that creates an inventory of pre-permitted properties ready for industrial development and job creation.
Backed by a $40 million investment overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2021, the program is modeled after Quonset’s similar site readiness program, which has created more than 3,500 jobs and generated $664 million in private investment over the past decade across 14 developed sites supporting 36 companies.