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Providence plans one-stop business center; licensing moves, procurement tools and summer jobs funded in proposed budget
Summary
City staff told the Finance Committee the Office of Economic Development’s fiscal 2026 budget includes staff adjustments, a move to a one-stop business center that will house licensing and permitting, new outreach and data tools paid with one-time ARPA funding, and a $250,000 summer jobs line.
Providence’s economic development office told the Finance Committee it plans to relocate business licensing into a one-stop business center this summer and has built budget adjustments for staffing, software and outreach into its fiscal 2026 proposal.
The change is an initiative of the mayor to co-locate permitting, licensing and business services to create “one place where everybody looking for economic assistance can come and get everything the city government provides,” an Economic Development official said during the committee’s budget briefing. Licensing is scheduled to move into new city space off Adams Avenue in July if the schedule holds.
Why it matters: Committee members pressed staff for details about how the new one-stop center will operate, how licensing and vital records will be…
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