Opportunities
Keeping up with our involvement throughout the Merrimack Valley region
A more efficient process for local permitting. Permitting decisions regarding priority development sites are guaranteed to be decided on within 180 days. Sites must be zoned commericial, industrial, residential, or […]
Commonwealth Places is an opportunity for communities to revitialize vacant or underused lots to help an area evolve to it’s fullest potential. The two types of grants attainable are Seed […]
Supports municipalities with a population of under 50,000 with meeting needs that include housing, infrastructure, revitalization, economic development and public social services. Funds come directly from HUD. Communities are able […]
Targeted at communities that have faced a large amounts of economic growth challenges compared to the rest of the state, with emphasis on communities that have high amounts of incarceration, […]
Covering urban, suburban, and rural areas, the purpose of the CITC is to help communities partner with nonprofit, public and private organizations through CDCs to work on projects that improve […]
The MA Dredging Program gives one year construction grants to coastal communities for salt water dredging. Eligible projects are those that help support harbors through boosting ecosystems, coastal economies, and […]
The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program provides incentive for economic growth in low income communities by offering a federal tax credit to coporations that will invest in Community Development […]
The Regional Economic Development Grant Program (REDO) helps pull together regional projects that will stimulate the economy and set businesses up for growth.
The TDI Equity Investment Program helps make the transformation of commercial properties possible by aiding projects that will help development in TDI Districts. These projects are those that lack enough […]
The Urban Agenda Grant Program is a competitive grant program that seeks proposals or projects that entail community-driven responses to community-defined economic opportunities, and that build leadership, collaboration, and capacity […]