Medford Awarded Grant For Having Encore Next Door

MEDFORD, MA — Medford has received a grant from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission's Community Mitigation Fund. The fund was established to help host and surrounding communities offset costs related to building and operating casinos in Massachusetts.

The grants may be used to assist "communities and water and sewer districts in the vicinity of a gaming establishment, local and regional education, transportation, infrastructure, housing, environmental issues and public safety, including the office of the county district attorney, police, fire and emergency services," according to the MGC.

Medford was awarded a $200,000 grant to fund the design of a multi-use boardwalk under the Route 28 bridge.

"A completed boardwalk could provide Encore Boston Harbor employees and customers safer access the casino's shuttles from Station Landing to the facility without having to navigate Wellington Circle or cross Route 28 at grade on foot or by bicycle," the MGC said in a statement.

Since 2015, the MGC has awarded approximately $16 million in grants from the Community Mitigation Fund.