For anyone who lives in Rhode Island or pays attention to what goes on in this state, they will surely know and agree that an extremely important opportunity for economic development lies on the near horizon. The Quonset Business Park is a 3000+ acre site run by the Quonset Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the state run Economic Development Corporation. The park was once home to a major U.S. Navy Station (and Soviet Missile Target)and is now home to the smallish Quonset Air Base and Air National Guard, both most famous for the Air Show featuring the Blue Angels. After the high-speed Martha's Vineyard Ferry, Electric Boat, Lowe's, and mostly empty/undeveloped retail park, there is little else going on. Proposed uses have been as varied as a Liquid Natural Gas Terminal, a wind-power manufacturing site, and a cargo and shipping port.
Where the state has succeeded in advancing Quonset, one of the largest undeveloped ports on the East Coast, is in providing the necessary infrastructure to allow the port to flourish and attract industry. The port has a small airstrip, railway infrastructure, several deepwater slips, and is planning on installing a large cargo crane.
Let's keep the pressure on.
Where the state has succeeded in advancing Quonset, one of the largest undeveloped ports on the East Coast, is in providing the necessary infrastructure to allow the port to flourish and attract industry. The port has a small airstrip, railway infrastructure, several deepwater slips, and is planning on installing a large cargo crane.
Let's keep the pressure on.





