More than 1,500 Massachusetts businesses awarded $78 million in grants to weather COVID-driven recession
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Standing in front of brick arches in Il Ristorante Saraceno, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito described the 35-year-old Italian eatery as a family business that owner Frank Pezzano has kept afloat with his children during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is exactly the kind of business we want to see get through this pandemic and reopen more fully,” she said during a news conference at the Hanover Street restaurant in Boston’s North End neighborhood.
Polito and Gov. Charlie Baker showcased Il Ristorante Saraceno as one of 1,595 businesses receiving small business grants, $78.5 million worth in total, from the state to help weather the COVID-driven recession that has stretched into its 10th month.
Watch: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to discuss small business grants in Boston’s North End
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Update: Standing in front of brick arches in Il Ristorante Saraceno, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito described the 35-year-old Italian eatery as a family business that owner Frank Pezzano has kept afloat with his children during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is exactly the kind of business we want to see get through this pandemic and reopen more fully,” she said during a news conference at the Hanover Street restaurant in Boston’s North End neighborhood.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to discuss the latest round of small business grants that went out this week at a news conference Thursday.
Baker warns Mass. could be on verge of another âsignificant surgeâ with upcoming holidays
By Nick Stoico, Travis Andersen and Jessica Rinaldi Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated December 21, 2020, 1:35 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker spoke at a press conference held in the Gardner Auditorium on Monday.Jim Davis/Globe Staff
Massachusetts health care facilities on Monday began rolling out doses of a second coronavirus vaccine â this one made by Cambridge-based Moderna â a hopeful development during a dark period of the battle against a virus that has killed thousands in the state.
Even as front-line health workers began taking the first of the two doses the Moderna vaccine requires, Governor Charlie Baker sought to drive home the gravity of the ongoing threat from the virus. His administration is âbasically begging everyone to stay within their immediate householdâ during the holidays.
1,158 Massachusetts small businesses to receive nearly $50 million in COVID relief, Gov. Charlie Baker announced
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday announced that nearly $49 million in grants will be awarded to 1,158 small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
All of the businesses receiving funds are owned by under-represented groups: women, veterans, members of the LGBTQ community, individuals with disability and minorities, state officials said.
The Small Business Grant Program saw more than 10,000 applications across Massachusetts apply for some $500 million in funding. Applicants that have been selected will be notified on Monday about next steps.
The roughly $50 million is the second round of funding through the program, which is awarded through the state in partnership with the Mass Growth Capital Corporation, officials said.