The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and the City of Providence on Wednesday morning handed out almost $150,000 in grants for 11 projects promoting the “knowledge economy.”

The grants range from $2,500 to support a symposium on biofuels at the University of Rhode Island in May, to $20,000 to help URI and Johnson & Wales University study how to make seafood supplies for restaurants and retailers more sustainable.

“These are real investments to help grow some of these ideas,” said Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline. “Providence is poised in a way no other city is poised to leverage this knowledge economy. This will distinguish good cities from great cities.”

Full Story: ‘Knowledge’ enterprises get $150,000 in funding Source: Providence Journal, April 2nd, 2009 Author: Paul Edward Parker Added on April 6th, 2009 at 9:53 am, by Matt Mikula