Completion of the Northampton Community Art Trust’s black box theater, an Amherst performing arts venue, a partnership to support development of Latino-owned businesses in Holyoke, and enhancements to food distribution at the Easthampton Community.
The long-awaited compromise over how to spend ARPA and fiscal 2021 surplus funds came together this week in a manner that the saw the bottom line of the final bill grow by about $180 million beyond what the House and Senate had initially proposed to spend.