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EDA awards over $10 million in grants for economic development projects in Massachusetts in 2023

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Ben Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

Ben Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

In 2023, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 19 grants totaling $10,590,783 to fund economic development projects in Massachusetts.

This represents an 84.5% decrease from 2022, when the state received $68,505,027 in funding.

Massachusetts ranked 16th across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2023. South Carolina topped the list with $30,038,466 in funding across 14 grants.

Town of East Bridgewater received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $3,000,000.

EDA Grant Recipients in Massachusetts in 2023
Grantee NameTotal Funding
Town of East Bridgewater$3,000,000
Northeastern University$1,999,943
Mansfield BioIncubator$1,250,000
New England Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, Inc.$1,209,066
Old Colony Planning Council$470,000
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe$463,357
Middlesex Community College$409,410
Greentown Collaborative Inc.$400,000
Civic Roundtable, Inc.$250,461
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission$210,000
Northeastern University$137,923
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission$134,073
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$106,550
Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District$70,000
Old Colony Planning Council$70,000
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission$70,000
Metropolitan Area Planning Council$70,000
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission$60,000

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