Hilltown COVID-19 Relief Fund

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Businesses, nonprofits, artists, and farmers in the Hilltowns may now apply for small grants up to $15,000 for suffering a financial impact of any kind due to COVID.

The Hilltown COVID Relief Fund is available to businesses, nonprofits, artists, and farmers in the towns of: Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Granville, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Plainfield, Russell, Williamsburg, Worthington.  

This program has ended; application are no longer being accepted.

For more information about small business support in the Hilltowns, please contact Michele Kenney at michelek@hilltowncdc.org

Program background

Senator Adam Hinds worked with Dave Christopolis, Executive Director at Hilltown CDC to secure $250,000 in the State budget to provide additional support for the rural Hilltowns of Massachusetts.  Due to Senator Hind’s advocacy, Hilltown CDC received $250,000 to provide much needed financial relief to the region.  $150,000 of the fund will be administered by Hilltown CDC and $100,000 of the funding will be administered by the Greater Shelburne Falls Area Business Association.

Grants are available for a wide range of needs and will be awarded on a first come, first eligible, completed application basis, subject to the availability of funding. Applicants must be a registered business or organization and must certify that this funding is not a duplication of any benefits collected through The Paycheck Protection Program, Unemployment compensation benefits, Insurance claims/proceeds, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds, Small Business Administration funds, other Federal, State or local funding, or any other nonprofit, private sector, or charitable funding.