Baker vetoes Rural Growth Fund
Gov. Charlie Baker speaks on Dec. 3 after touring the DCU Center as it gears up to be used as a COVID-19 field hospital for the second time in Worcester. Baker recently vetoed a program championed by local legislators that promised to provide $100 million in economic development money to rural Massachusetts. AP PHOTO
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Modified: 1/21/2021 10:35:03 AM
A program championed by local legislators that promised to provide $100 million in economic development money to rural Massachusetts has been vetoed by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The Massachusetts Rural Growth Fund is a proposed six-year program that would have allowed for the distribution of $60 million in tax credits to those who invest in small businesses in rural communities. Qualified fund managers would have had to apply to participate in the program, and a maximum of $100 million would have been able to have been invested under it. The program would have been overseen by the Massachusetts Office
Baker vetoes Rural Growth Fund
Gov. Charlie Baker speaks on Dec. 3 after touring the DCU Center as it gears up to be used as a COVID-19 field hospital for the second time in Worcester. Baker recently vetoed a program championed by local legislators that promised to provide $100 million in economic development money to rural Massachusetts. AP PHOTO
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Published: 1/18/2021 6:22:36 PM
A program championed by local legislators that promised to provide $100 million in economic development money to rural Massachusetts has been vetoed by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The Massachusetts Rural Growth Fund is a proposed six-year program that would have allowed for the distribution of $60 million in tax credits to those who invest in small businesses in rural communities. Qualified fund managers would have had to apply to participate in the program, and a maximum of $100 million would have been able to have been invested under it. The program would have been overseen by the Massachusetts Office
NORTHAMPTON A program championed by local legislators that promised to provide $100 million in economic development money to rural Massachusetts has been vetoed by Gov. Charlie Baker.The Massachusetts Rural Growth Fund is a proposed six-year program.
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