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Berkshire Fire Departments Awarded Safety Equipment Grants

Fire departments across Massachusetts were invited to apply to the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant program, which provides reimbursement on purchases of 135 different types of eligible equipment.

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2nd Street Awarded $300K CERP Grant

Funds will bolster staff support of formerly incarcerated individuals

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Lenox Robotics Program Awarded Grant from GD, Navy

The $8,000 in funding was used to purchase 20 new Lego SPIKE Prime kits, which are now being utilized by Lenox students.

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Downtown Pittsfield Extends Business Improvement Grant Applications

The program's purpose is to provide grants of up to $10,000 to eligible businesses affected by COVID-19 within ARPA's disproportionately impacted district of Pittsfield.

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Berkshires Awarded Fair Share Amendment Grants

The awards come from revenue generated by the Fair Share Amendment.

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Grant Supports Berkshires Ecological Restoration, Climate Resilience

Funds benefit partnerships and projects that improve and sustain healthy aquatic systems?

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BIC Receives Collaborative Workspace Program Grant

The Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) was included and received a $50,000 grant to fit out BIC Works @MOCA.

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Williamstown Farms Awarded State Grants

Fairfield's Dairy Farm and Bonnie Lea Farm both were awarded $50,000 grants.

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MCLA Receives Grant for New Equipment From Mass Life Sciences Center

Over the next two years, this grant will fund the purchase of essential equipment for the College's biology and chemistry programs. MCLA was previously awarded $253,542 from MLSC in 2022 to support its equipment needs.

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Great Barrington Awarded Second Grant for Lake Mansfield Area Improvements

Great Barrington's Lake Mansfield project is one of 79 projects to have received action grant funding in the latest round of applications. Last year's award was nearly $1 million.

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Egremont Awarded MVP Action Grant

The Action funding builds on the Egremont MVP climate resilience planning process completed in 2022, which identified the top climate change impacts being felt locally, that require further study or mitigation.

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Behavioral Health Network Receives State Grant

The grant is part of a $4.1 million Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Grants to organizations that support the social-emotional development and behavioral health of children in early education and care programs.

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Forthill Farms Receives $90K Grant

Forthill Farm will expand their existing farmstand building, increasing their operational efficiency by creating additional space for retail sales, washing and packaging produce, and storage.

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Latinas413 Receives First Grant For Operations

Latinas413 was founded in 2020 with the goal of connecting, supporting and collaborating with Latinas in Berkshire County.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Awards First-Time Homeowner Grant

A representative of lender Greylock Federal Credit Union told the trustees that the would-be homeowner would have needed help from family to make the purchase happen, but for the grant from the town.

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Governor Announces $70K Grants to Promote Local Dairy Products

These funded grant projects for the 2024 Fiscal Year include education initiatives to Massachusetts communities on the importance and nutritional benefits of dairy products.

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South Berkshire Rural Health Network Gets State Grant

This includes a $11,820 grant for South Berkshire Rural Health Network that will be used to develop a strategic plan and improve connections to the region's most vulnerable residents.

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Pittsfield to Create Cultural Plan with National Endowment for the Arts Grant

This is one of 57 grants nationwide, totaling $4,175,000, that the NEA has recently announced in the Our Town category.

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Greylock ABC Fund Launches with New Grant Program

The Fund offers two opportunities. The first is a grant open to schools and nonprofits, and the second is scholarship for individual students to attend local private schools.

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Mass Awarded $4 M in SMART Grants

The money will support the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Aeronautics and Rail and Transit Division's clean energy grid and climate-related initiatives.

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Vibe North Street Storefront Recruitment Grant

The grant, which is funded by Mass Development's Transformative Development Initiative (TDI), will offer businesses the opportunity to receive TDI Local funds in amounts between $7,500 and $25,000 to help cover the costs of relocating to currently vacant storefronts in the North Street district.

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Pittsfield Glow Up! Business Improvement Applications Available

The program's purpose is to provide grants of up to $10,000 to eligible businesses affected by COVID-19 within ARPA's disproportionately impacted district of Pittsfield.

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Berkshire County Fire Departments Awarded Grants

In Berkshire County Adams, Dalton, Great Barrington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, and Williamstown all received grants.

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Berkshire County Towns Receive Community Planning Grants

Egremont received a $54,000 grant to delineate and map new zones or overlay districts, draft new or update existing zoning bylaws, and gain public support/acceptance of same, in harmony with the Comprehensive Plan.

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Northern Berkshire EMS Receives $665K In Grants

The AFG grants total $665,000 and were awarded to Northern Berkshire EMS through FEAMA.