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Press Release
November 23, 2010
Old Colony Planning Council Executive Director Pasquale Ciaramella today announced the Commonwealth of MA Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) has approved the creation of the Old Colony Regional Economic Target Area (OCPC ETA) at their November 22, 2010 meeting at the State Transportation Building in Boston, MA.
The Old Colony Regional Economic Target Area consists of the following communities: Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Kingston, Pembroke, Plympton and Whitman. It will seek to attract technology based businesses to the region. It will allow these communities to offer Tax Incentive Financing (TIF) to existing businesses and new businesses. It will allow communities easier access to federal and state funding programs such as Brownfields Clean Up grants, Community Development Action Grants (CDAG), Local Initiative Program (LIP) for housing, Growth District Initiatives (GDI) Grants, Mass Opportunity Relocation and Expansion Program (MORE), Transit Oriented Development (TOD), Small Town Rural Assistance Program (STRAP) and Public Works Economic Development Program (PWED) Grants. The OCPC ETA application was prepared on behalf of the communities by Old Colony Planning Council staff under the direction of OCPC Executive Director Pat Ciaramella.
The Old Colony Planning Council would like to thank the following community, legislative and business leaders for their support: Troy Clarkson, Bridgewater Town Administrator; Kimberly Williams, Bridgewater Town Administrator’s Office; George Samia, East Bridgewater Town Administrator; Teresa McNulty, Chair, Board of Selectmen; Charles Seelig, Halifax Town Administrator; John Mather, Halifax OCPC Delegate, Robert Overholtzer, Hanson ZBA member; Noreen O’Toole, Hanson Town Planner; Jill Myers, Kingston Town Administrator; Dennis Randall, Kingston Selectman; Ed Thorne, Pembroke Town Administrator; Gerard Dempsey, Pembroke OCPC Delegate; John Henry, Chair, Plympton Board of Selectmen; Richard Gauley, Plympton; Frank Lynam, Whitman Town Administrator; Daniel Salvucci, Whitman Selectman; Senate President Therese Murray; Sen. Thomas P. Kennedy; Sen. Brian Joyce; Rep. Allen McCarthy; Rep. Thomas J. Calter; Rep. Daniel K. Webster and Metro South Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Chris Cooney.
Also see: Map of Old Colony Regional Economic Target Area
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