Dear Business Owners:
The City of Easthampton, with assistance from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, was awarded $900,000 from the Commonwealth to support economic and community development efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding is for a regional microenterprise business assistance grant program that includes the towns (and businesses) of Easthampton, Granby, Hadley, Hatfield, Southampton, South Hadley, and Westhampton. Grants of up to $10,000 will be made available for eligible microenterprise businesses that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19.
We are using this survey to collect contact information of interested businesses for Microenterprise Assistance grant funds and to verify preliminary eligibility. Submitting this information does not guarantee that you will receive grant funding. Eligibility requirements are determined by the MA Department of Housing and Community Development and are posted here:
https://easthamptonma.gov/planning.
Regardless of whether you think you have an eligible microenterprise, please take a few moments to answer the following questions. ALL information you provide here is strictly confidential and will be kept confidential in the Springfield office of the PVPC. If you have questions, please contact Ted Harvey at (413) 781-6045 or
tharvey@pvpc.org.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.