Recovery grants available for East Side merchants who lost business after Brown shooting

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 347

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Recovery grants will soon become available to help Providence East Side businesses impacted during the roughly five-day manhunt for the gunman responsible for killing two students and injuring nine others at Brown University in December.

State and city grants enhanced by matching funds from Brown are making $45,000 available to three merchant associations whose members operate in areas surrounding the Ivy League campus, city officials announced Monday.

The campus is embedded in a residential …

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