North Andover Receives Almost $400,000 In Grants

North Andover MA

25 January, 2021

12:09 PM

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NORTH ANDOVER, MA — North Andover officials recently accepted nearly $400,000 worth of grants for a variety of town programs. The Select Board approved the six grants at their Jan. 11 meeting. "We're really excited to have these all tonight," Town Manager Melissa Murphy-Rodrigues said. "It's really a lot of collective work done by a lot of the departments to bring these funds in and it's nice when you see that pay off." The town received $175,000 from the Municipal Discretionary Fund established following the 2018 gas explosions for two projects: $150,000 went to the town's small business relief grant program, the most recent round of which closed Jan. 18. Grants were available to restaurants and personal service businesses.$25,000 went to a study of the Route. 125 corridor from Sutton Street to the Haverhill line. The town previously received a $50,000 MassDevelopment grant for the same purpose.The other four grants were: $200,926 from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for 1,100 feet of sidewalk along Main Street from Greene Street to Garden Street.$11,700 from the Department of Environmental Protection for town recycling programs.$500 from resident Elizabeth Armstrong for the Fire Department$5,000 from Lowell Five Bank for the Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Murphy-Rodrigues said this will go to a speaker series.Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or [email protected].