Wilmington To Get $7 Million In Federal Relief Funds

Wilmington MA

14 June, 2021

5:13 PM

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WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington will get over $7 million in American Rescue Plan funds, according to a memo to the Board of Selectmen from Finance Director Brian Perry. The $1.9 trillion federal relief bill, passed in March, devotes $350 billion to state and local aid, including a $130 billion Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. That fund will send over $3 billion to Massachusetts. Around $1.7 billion will go to the state's 37 largest cities and towns, but $385 million will be split between the other 314 communities, by population. Wilmington will get $2.45 million in direct funding, higher than an earlier $2.31 million estimate from the House Oversight and Reform Committee. But it will also get a proportional portion of county funding, as Middlesex County was abolished in 1997. That means an additional $4.55 million, Perry wrote. "Combined, these estimated figures result in $7,007,871 in relief," Perry wrote. Perry's memo is available here, as part of the correspondence for Monday's board meeting. Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or [email protected].