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Two Massachusetts agencies – the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and MassDevelopment – have awarded $2.5 million in grants for taxi and livery companies in 47 communities, including some in Berkshire County. The effort is intended to bolster local transit to help state residents with everything from making it to their COVID-19 vaccine appointments to providing rides to food shelters or childcare centers. WAMC spoke with MassDevelopment President and CEO Dan Rivera.
RIVERA: It s going to help as much and as long as the name of the program. It s a big help, I think. You know, so in that spirit of, like, what can we do, can we lift every effort to support communities in this COVID-19 era? I think this relationship with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to help communities really fight this, you know, bring the help to the final mile. And so a partnership between MassDevelopment, the Area Planning Council, and community-based organizations or municipalities, we re tryi
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