In a statement released by Global Partners, Jen Faigel, executive director of CommonWealth Kitchen, described the committee's recommendation as "a missed opportunity to invest in Massachusetts—and ourselves."
Two multi-family properties in Central Massachusetts have received loans as part of a wider three-property announcement of financing worth a total of $18.65 million.
The museum at Framingham State University has received its largest-ever donation as the Danforth Art Museum and School has been gifted $4.66 million from a long-standing supporter.
Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing.
DPH’s request comes after the state agency deemed Framingham Union’s NICU an essential service following the hospital’s April announcement that it planned to shutter its 12-bassinet unit by June 10.