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 quickly from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. DHCD funded consultants to work with participating communities to help with create these plans by early October 2021. In Franklin County, the following Local Rapid Recovery Plans were created:

Downtown Greenfield, City of Greenfield

Turners Falls, Town of Montague

Northfield Main Street Corridor, Town of Northfield

Sunderland Village Center, Town of Sunderland

Village of Shelburne Falls, Towns of Buckland and Shelburne working jointly