The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation acquires and develops real and personal property and provides financing to others. It provides, promotes and encourages the preservation, expansion and sound development of new and existing industry, business, commerce, agriculture, tourism and recreational facilities. The agency’s statutory authority exists in Title 42, Chapter 64 of the Rhode Island General Laws.
Prior to its name change in 1995 (Public Law Chapter 370, art 12, § 7.) the agency was known as the Department of Economic Development (1974 Public Law Chapter 100). Within that agency was the Economic Development Council whose purpose was to investigate and study the economic conditions of the state and the factors affecting it, such as the industrial structure, the labor force, the number of unemployed, the population and its age and geographic distribution, shifts in the defense program, technological and scientific developments, financial problems of the state and municipalities, and sensitivity of the state economy to domestic and foreign developments.
A division of the Department was the Division of Tourism and Promotion (now the Division of Tourism) whose purpose was to work with tourism and promotion agencies around the state in promoting the state as a tourist destination. The agency was authorized to make grants to recognized tourist promotion agencies, to assist in the financing of their operational costs for the purpose of making studies, surveys and investigations and in planning and carrying out of their promotional programs and projects.
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Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Division of Tourism videotapes, 2002-23, Rhode Island State Archives.
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Division of Tourism videotapes include ¾ inch UMatic videotapes and VHS videotapes. Subjects primarily cover tourism and industry, promotional advertisements and media coverage of ad campaigns on behalf of state tourism.
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Division of Tourism videotapes are arranged into the following series:
Transferred from Chester A. Browning, Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, 600 New London Avenue, Cranston, R.I. 02920 on April 5, 2002. There was one additional accrual to this accession which was transferred from Chester A. Browning, Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, 600 New London Avenue, Cranston, R.I. 02920 on February 1, 2006.
Includes 32 videocassettes including programs on the following subjects; tourism, Arts Council, Pro-Am golf, Greenhouse Compact debate and Rhode Island poitical news. Accession 2002-23.
Includes 65 videocassettes including programs on the following subjects; Extreme Games, NCAA Hockey Finals, Sports Council banquet, tourism, Rhode Island Master relocation, Lt. Governor Day Care Conference, Narragansett Bay Project, Drugs in the Workforce/Workplace, Eastern States, Providence Convention and Visitor Bureau, Tall Ships, Hurricane Bob, Seafood Master show, Point Judith, Newport, State House, Big River Dig, Slater Mill Park and Zoo and the Crescent Park Carousel. Accession 2006-04.