SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Great news tonight for small enterprises in Massachusetts, the Baker-Polito administration awarded $49 million to small stores by the COVID-19 compact organization grant application.
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More than 1,000 tiny corporations will be receiving these grants, which include one right in this article in western Mass. Western Mass Information caught up with Surdoue Boutique in Springfield which is one of the fortunate types being funded.
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Governor Charlie Baker introduced Monday 1,158 compact businesses in the state will be acquiring grants.
“Our administration through the M.G.C.C. has spent months examining programs to make confident the funding achieved the best-need compact enterprises,” Baker described.
This came after extra than 10,000 little enterprises to begin with utilized for funds, such as Surdoue Boutique in Springfield, which was closed for six months ahead of reopening in August.
“With this grant, it really is likely to truly assist us as significantly as having to pay our charges,” Surdoue Boutique Proprietor Lisa Goodman explained.
Goodman said she is grateful for the help as foot traffic has slowed down yet again, owing to mounting conditions.
The apparel shop is staying presented $25,000 to assistance them get by. The grant income ranges by organization in value from $5,000 to $75,000.
“Just one hundred % of the recipients are minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBTQ-owned, or owned by persons with disabilities,” Baker stated.
Baker not too long ago signed an added $17.5 million for the compact business grant method, along with $9 million for tiny company technical support and grants for 2021.
Officials mentioned little organizations that did not get awards in the very first round do not need to have to reapply, and no new purposes will be recognized.
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