Hyannis Main Street Gets $50K For Local Business Boost Program

HYANNIS, MA — The Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District has been aiding downtown businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to a state grant, they'll get a few extra resources to keep doing it.

Hyannis Main Street was awarded $50,000 through the Community One Stop for Growth Awards in the Fiscal Year 2023 cycle, the Commonwealth announced recently.

In total, 337 local economic development projects received funding in 169 communities, according to state records. Gov. Charlie Baker said $143 million in grants were doled out to those communities in this year's funding round.

"We are proud of our collaborative work to ensure that all 351 of MA's cities and towns have the resources, tools and support they need to drive critically important projects that provide a better quality of life for residents, and help communities plan for the future," said Baker.

Main Street was awarded the grant through the Commonwealth's Urban Agenda Grant program. Here's what the grant program focuses on:

The key is that the project be in direct response to a need or opportunity that the community group has identified and deemed important. The primary funding priorities of the program, based on the development continuum outlined in the Community One Stop for Growth, will be Early Stage Strategy Development and Strategy Implementation by an Existing Cross-Sector Consortium or Coalition.

The grant program prioritizes programs that are aiming to help businesses in COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

In Hyannis, this grant will be used for the Local Business Boost program, which aims to support small businesses in downtown Hyannis through their continued recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.