by Trisha Ingalls
NEWPORT CITY — Volunteers, business owners, and a part-time, paid nonprofit leader are all working diligently to bring people near and far to downtown Newport — and it’s working.
The Newport City Renaissance Corporation was founded in 2007 by then-director Patricia Sears to allow the city to enroll in the state’s designated downtown program, which allows the city and businesses to receive certain tax incentives and grants. It is a separate nonprofit entity that partners with, but is not directly connected to, the city of Newport.
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