State Spending Bill Includes $290K For Wilmington

Wilmington MA

14 December, 2021

12:49 PM

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WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington will receive $290,000 in funding from the recently-passed $4 billion state spending bill, according to a communication to the Board of Selectmen at their Dec. 13 meeting. State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr outlined the town's earmarks in the bill in a letter to the selectmen. The $4 billion bill, passed Dec. 3, includes $2.5 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act relief funds and $1.5 billion in surplus funds from Fiscal Year 2021. Wilmington also received $7 million directly from the American Rescue Plan Act. The following earmarks are in the state bill: "$40,000 to the Wilmington/Tewksbury Chamber of Commerce, Inc. for small business assistance, development, and promotion to facilitate recovery from the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus$200,000 for the town of Wilmington to support the redesign and repaving of the Deming Way senior housing parking access and sidewalks to increase handicap-accessibility and for repairs and upgrades to the state and federally funded municipal housing$50,000 for the town of Wilmington to support the expansion of sidewalks and associated stormwater runoff infrastructure in the Andover Street area"Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or [email protected].