The Newport Economic Development Commission has awarded three ReNewport Grants and will vote on two more grants in the morning. The grants were awarded to Farmer’s Elevator, Gilliaum Feed and Seed and the White River Battered Women’s Shelter. The two to be considered at the next meeting are B & B Investments and [...]

Hopefully the holiday season was a good time for you to spend with family and friends. A visitor to my office used a quote the other day that I will paraphrase — So often we get too caught up in looking for the perfect that we miss the good. Very rarely will anything [...]

This year the Newport Economic Development Commission added a new tool to local development efforts, the ReNewport Grant. ReNewport grants assist smaller retail and commercial businesses make needed improvements to the exterior of their business property. The program offers a 50/50 matching grant with the NEDC paying up to $2,500 of the cost. [...]

We are still working out any issues with our new web site. Tell us what you think and what you’d change. If we can make the changes in your suggestions then we’ll be glad to do so. We want this to be a web site that you can use on a regular [...]