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The State of Rhode Island and Providence City Council are now going to provide WaterFire with financial support coming out of the pandemic.
GoLocal first reported last Friday that WaterFire Chief Executive Officer Peter Mello said the organization could cease to exist, following the City Council Finance Committee vote last Thursday not to fund their $300,000 request for federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act.
“The Providence City Council will amend an ordinance, recently passed by the Committee on Finance, approving more than $42 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investments to include an additional $300,000 for WaterFire,” the city council office announced on Monday.
While Fidelity will look to recent graduates to fill the jobs, Metters said it will also consider candidates who may be in customer-service facing roles in other industries as well that may have been hit by the pandemic, calling it an opportunity to take on a new career.
McKee praised the hiring news as a sign of things to come, noting that the Rhode Island is beginning its economic recovery following the devastation of the pandemic.
Touting the state s recovery, Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor billed Fidelity s hiring move part of the McKee administration effort to get back to work again.