{"id":10429,"date":"2022-10-17T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/?p=10429"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:21:27","slug":"helping-mozz-make-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/helping-mozz-make-a-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Mozz Make A Dream Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>On June 10, 2022, Mozz held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their store. Mozz is a purveyor of fine Italian cheeses with a specialty in made-on-site mozzarella. Mozz is the life-long dream of owners, Christina and Luca Mignogna, but it look a <em>gouda<\/em> amount of support to make this dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Harden, the Greater Newport Regional Director for the RISBDC, first met with Christina back in May 2021 to discuss the business plan and other considerations related to opening a new business in Newport. When the discussion turned to financing, Christina explained they had been talking to a local bank and would proceed with them for the financing.<\/p>\n<p>Within a couple of weeks, Christina contacted Paul and asked about options with other lenders. After taking the time to understand her financial needs, Paul scheduled a conference call with Buck Harris of CIC. From the start, Buck was able to understand their needs and see the potential of the high-traffic location. With support from private investors and capital from Christina and Luca, the loan was approved, and Newport\u2019s newest cheese shop opened successfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owners:&nbsp;<\/strong>Christina and Luca Mignogna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mozz<br \/>\n<\/strong>181 Bellevue Ave.<br \/>\nNewport, RI 02840<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozznewport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>mozzri.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 10, 2022, Mozz held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their store. Mozz is a purveyor of fine Italian cheeses with a specialty in made-on-site mozzarella. Mozz is the life-long dream of owners, Christina and Luca Mignogna, but it look a gouda amount of support to make this dream a reality. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":10444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10436,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions\/10436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}