Draft 2023 CEDS Report Now Available for Review
The Draft 2023 Franklin County CEDS Annual Performance Report is available to view. This document is the third of four reports that provides updates on demographic and economic data and…
Water and Wastewater Systems Study
FRCOG has just released the 2022 Franklin County Water and Wastewater Systems Study. Using grant funds from an U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), FRCOG hired the consulting firm Tighe &…
New Business Grant Programs
The Mass. Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) announced two new small business grant programs. The MGCC’s New Applicant Grant Program is for Massachusetts based small businesses that have not previously received funds…
Local Rapid Recovery Plans
A new program of the MA Department of Housing & Community Development’s (DHCD) is the Local Rapid Recovery Planning Program. It was created to help downtown/village center business districts recover more…
Shelburne Falls Rapid Recovery Plan
Through a grant from the MA Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD), FRCOG is working with the Towns of Buckland and Shelburne and with community partner Greater Shelburne Falls…
Draft 2021 CEDS Annual Report
The DRAFT 2021 Franklin County CEDS Annual Performance Report is available for review and comment. Click here to view the report. Please submit comments by email to [email protected] by Friday, June 4…
Federal Grant Programs for Businesses
The federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 includes new funding programs to assist businesses and communities with economic recovery. One of the new business programs to be launched is…
Shelburne Falls/West County Grant Opportunity
A new grant opportunity has opened for businesses, nonprofits, artists and farmers in Shelburne Falls and the West County area (i.e. Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Monroe, Rowe,…
Community One Stop for Growth
The Community One Stop for Growth is a new, single application portal for municipal governments to access 10 state funding programs for community and infrastructure projects. Check out www.mass.gov/onestop for…
New Round of Commonwealth Places
MassDevelopment’s Commonwealth Places program has a new funding round to support economic recovery from COVID-19 through community placemaking. The purpose is to support projects that create destinations for residents and…