Newport’s most anticipated summer bike event – the 10 Spot Ride – returns on Saturday, August 27th! It’s a fun self-directed jaunt about town on bikes to 10 unique and beautiful private “Spots” with live music and locally catered food and drinks. 10-spot-2022.eventbrite.com Tickets are limited – Reserve your SPOT today!
Generously supported by BankNewport, all of our hosts, musicians, restaurants, staff, and volunteers will be making sure it’s another 10 Spot Ride to remember!
Proceeds from the event support Bike Newport’s community programs: bike safety education, infrastructure advocacy, and fun events – like the 10 Spot! It’s all about biking as a viable, safe, and comfortable primary choice for transportation and recreation. More information at bikenewportri.org.
Joe Nicholson, City Manager and part of the A Team that helped launch Innovate Newport ( I.N. ) , speaks to the difficulties to launch, the collaborations that made I.N. come to fruition and the opportunity that I.N. has to capitalize on the strengths of the region, strength of Rhode Island’s economy and, it’s blue economy.
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We are with Joe Nicholson, City manager of Newportand he’s gonna tell us a little bit about being on the A-teamto get Innovate Newport, to where is today.Innovate Newport, as you are probably aware, is not only aconstruction infrastructure project if you will, but it’s a plus one idea.The construction project was difficult, re-purposing of a 33,000 squareold school building , but we did it. We did it in collaboration with a number ofgovernment agencies and private partners. We are here.Innovate Newport is an opportunity, it’s an opportunity to capitalize on the strengths of the region,strengths of Rhode Island, strengths of Newport.Which of course are the ocean economy,defense economy and quite frankly our people.The innovative people that we have here in the State of Rhode Island.That’s what we’re trying to capitalize on is is the ability to move industry forward,move small business forward.You just take it to another level and just strengthen the economy.not only locally but in the state and regionally.The most important aspect as I saidis you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand that the strongest suit is the ocean.so we want to enhance the blue economy and all the things that go along with that.well Joe has been an integral part of making this happen.Always raising is hand in the good times and the bad times.Thank you for making this come to fruition so that we have a space here.English
