By Katie Lannan, State House News Service
As Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday announced small business grants that would flow to more than 1,000 small businesses hit by the COVID-19 crisis, he encouraged people interested in seeing more aid to call their state lawmakers and urge them to pass measures that would help more companies in need of assistance.
The nearly $49 million in grants, administered by the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation, will go to businesses that are owned by people of color, women, veterans, LGBTQ individuals and people with disabilities, Baker said.
Further breaking down the awards, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said 94 percent of the 1,158 businesses are minority-owned and 76 percent women-owned, with more than a third of recipients operating in gateway cities. Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy said the grantees include 262 personal care providers, 217 restaurants and nearly 100 retailers.
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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.