Framingham Gets Money For Parking, Daniel's Table In MA Economic Bill

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A $3.8 billion spending plan was sent to Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday. The bill uses a combination of federal pandemic stimulus dollars and state surplus money to pay for an enormous variety of initiatives — but omits permanent tax cuts that were part of discussions earlier this year.

Baker signed the bill into law after months of back-and-forth between his administration and the state legislature.

Included in the bill are funds earmarked for communities across Massachusetts. Among those funds for Framingham are:

• $2.5 million "for a parking garage or other parking options to support 1863 access to the regional justice center and municipal and economic development needs of the city in area of the regional justice center."
• $100,000 for Daniel's Table

According to Patch reporting, the spending plan is on top of tax refunds heading to about 3 million state residents, the result of an obscure law that caps how much income tax revenue the state can collect in a given year.

There are key items that were omitted from the bill on top of tax cuts, including bringing back happy hour, and proposed $250 stimulus checks for some state residents.

Read more on the bill: What's In The $3.8 Billion MA Economic Development Spending Bill