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North Central Projects
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Western and north central Massachusetts communities often don't have enough local or state-supplied funds to finance critical local transportation, health care, education, crime prevention, environmental protection, recreation, cultural or historic preservation projects.
A position on the House Appropriations Committee can help. Since my appointment to that Committee, I've worked closely with local leaders and planners to boost economic development spending in communities all over the First Congressional District.
Here is a list of economic development initiatives in North Central Massachusetts that have been funded or partially funded by the federal government at my request. Unless otherwise indicated, funding was included in one of the annual appropriations bills.
- $2 million for the purchase and installation of a linear accelerator at the Health Alliance Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center in Fitchburg
- $300,000 for the Community Health Connections Family Health Center in Fitchburg to purchase dental and medical equipment for the facility
- $450,000 towards the construction of a new site for the Barre Community Health Center
- $1.96 million to convert Mount Wachusett Community College's heating and cooling system to biomass technology
- $750,000 for the use of Geothermal technology in the renovation of affordable housing units at a former mill building in Fitchburg
- $100,000 to showcase New England value added wood products in an underutilized building in Orange
- $175,000 for the restoration of the New Salem Academy in New Salem
- $213,000 to electronically index the Fitchburg Art Museum's entire collection
- $400,000 to improve environmental integrity of the North Nashua River and to establish an urban river park in downtown Fitchburg
- $400,000 for sewer upgrades necessary for the creation of affordable housing units in the Rockwell Village of Leominster
- $100,000 for the establishment of the Cyber Cafe, a community computer service center, in Fitchburg
- $150,000 for the Montachusett Opportunity Council's program for at-risk youth in Fitchburg
- $100,000 for youth violence prevention in the Quabbin region
- $200,000 for the Montachusett Opportunity Council and the Spanish American Center to provide CNA Training aimed at the Latino population in North Worcester County
- $1.4 million for the permanent protection of the 265-acre Pepperell Springs property in Pepperell
- $150,000 for a comprehensive economic development action plan for the Northern Tier area
- $8 million for the construction and establishment of a State Veterans Cemetery in Winchendon
- $200,000 for aquatic restoration of Parker Pond in Gardner
- $1 million dollars to Twin Cities Development Corporation for the Worklinks-to-Plastics employment program in Fitchburg and the Leominster region.
- $900,000 for the On-Site Academy in Gardner to provide counseling services to emergency personnel
- $200,000 for the purchase of a facial recognition system for the Fitchburg Police Department (part of a $1 million project for five Massachusetts cities)
- $300,000 for an on-line booking and laser finger-printing technology system for the Fitchburg Police department
- $375,000 to purchase and upgrade law enforcement technology for the cities of Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner
- $1 million for bike paths in north Worcester County, Franklin County and Southwick
- $1.55 million for design and development of the North Street Corridor Project in Fitchburg ($750,000 secured in TEA-21 transportation authorizing legislation.)
- $4.86 million for the construction of the Fitchburg Intermodal Transportation Center
- $4.94 million for construction of the Fitchburg Intermodal Transportation Center's 400 car parking garage
- $1.73 million for the construction of the North Leominster Rail Commuter 140 car park and ride facility
- $3.5 million to improve Routes 12 and 13 in Fitchburg and Leominster in order to provide better access to Route 2 ($1.5 million of total funding secured in TEA-21 transportation authorizing legislation.)
- $5.85 million to Community Transit Services-sponsored (CTS) to create and operate a Dial-A-Ride program serving the North Quabbin and Winchendon regions and to purchase the Northern Tier Transportation Center in Athol (formerly the Athol Train Station)
- $100,000 for bus shelters to be located in the Northern Tier region along Route 2
- $125,000 for a feasibility study that led to the creation of the G-Link, a fixed-route public transit system from Gardner to Greenfield
- $500,000 for operational expenses for the G-Link, a fixed-route public transit system from Gardner to Greenfield
- $12.9 million for safety improvements on the section of Route 2 running from Greenfield to Phillipston ($3 million to total funding secured in TEA-21 transportation authorizing legislation.)
- $2.8 million for the resurfacing and necessary road repairs on Dudley Road (Route 101) in Templeton
- $2.43 million for the purchase of new passenger buses and vans by the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART)
- $940,000 to equip Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART) buses with Advanced Vehicle Locators.
- $2 million for a regional storage facility for the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART)
- $2.4 million for the purchase of land and to construct a new MART Maintenance Facility in Gardner
- $200,000 to Mount Wachusett Community College to cultivate the use of Wood-In-Transportation to benefit public open space land in the Northern Tier area
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