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Woonsocket small-business owner seeks grant help for costly fire‑alarm upgrades at converted mill
Summary
A Woonsocket property owner who converted an old mill into storage and light industrial space described a multi‑month, multi‑thousand‑dollar effort to meet fire-alarm requirements and asked the city for help finding grants and resources; the mayor highlighted a new small-business hub opening April 9.
Juliet Catherine Tremmel, owner of a 39,000-square-foot mill at 98 Water Street and 50 Canal Street, asked the Woonsocket City Council for assistance Monday in finding grants or other resources to pay for required fire-alarm system upgrades so she can secure a full occupancy permit.
Tremmel said she bought the building without a fire-alarm system, invested roughly $27,000 to repair a nonfunctioning sprinkler system and has already paid $6,000 for engineering plans. She presented contractor bids and permit costs and said the next phase — a full fire‑alarm installation with audible enunciators, exit lighting and other system components — is likely to cost about $55,000. Tremmel said she works…
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