Massachusetts awards grants in Collaborative Workspace Program
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On Dec. 22, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $1,205,000 it will be awarding grants to 26 organizations in 18 communities throughout the commonwealth in an effort to strengthen “community-based innovation and entrepreneurship,” which included the Cambridge Innovation Center and Lab Central Inc. in Cambridge.
The fifth round of the Collaborative Workspace Program, administered by MassDevelopment, aims to accelerate business formation, job creation and entrepreneurial activity in communities by supporting infrastructure that “fuels locally-based innovation.”
“Our administration is proud to provide funding to help collaborative workspaces comply with the mandatory workplace safety standards essential to our COVID-19 reopening plan,” said Gov. Charlie Baker. “Now in its fifth round, the Collaborative Workspace Program continues to provide key support to our community of entrepreneur
Published December 22. 2020 10:15PM
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to help collaborative work spaces across the state expand and safely reopen, MassDevelopment said in a statement Tuesday.
The grants ranging from less than $2,000 to $100,000 are intended to strengthen community-based innovation and entrepreneurship. They are going to 26 organizations in 18 communities to accelerate business formation, job creation and entrepreneurial activity during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
“Beyond funding additions and new equipment, these awards will help recipients buy new HVAC systems and desk dividers, and implement other needed safety measures as we continue to navigate this pandemic.” Lt. Governor Karyn Polito said in a statement.
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Harbor Place. (WHAV News file photograph.)
Plans are in the works to bring retail back to Downtown Haverhill’s White’s Corner as Harbor Place is planning to build a space for selling goods along the Merrimack River.
Merrimack Street Ventures, owned jointly by the Greater Haverhill Foundation and Boston Archdiocese’s Planning Office for Urban Affairs, was formally awarded $75,000 from the state’s Collaborative Workspace Program for the project Tuesday. The money is part of $1.2 million in Baker-Polito Administration grants to 26 organizations in 18 communities.
“Our administration is proud to provide funding to help collaborative workspaces comply with the mandatory workplace safety standards essential to our COVID-19 reopening plan,” said Gov. Charlie Baker.
Business capacity limited, nonessential surgeries postponed
By MARK PRATTDecember 22, 2020 GMT
Many Massachusetts businesses will be limited to 25% capacity and hospitals have been directed to postpone nonessential surgeries starting the day after Christmas to help curb an anticipated increase in new coronavirus cases after the holiday that could swamp the state’s health care system, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday.
In addition, social gatherings will be limited to 10 people inside and 25 people outside, the Republican governor said at a news conference.
The new restrictions take effect Saturday and are scheduled to run for two weeks.
Baker also urged people to avoid large family gatherings at Christmas to prevent a surge in new cases that the state saw after Thanksgiving.
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