Blackstone Valley Xpress February 26 2021

4 Blackstone Valley Xpress, February 26, 2021
Grafton and Leicester awarded funding through the Shared Winter Streets and Spaces Program
The Massachusetts Department
of Transportation recently
announced the latest
round of funding through
the Shared Winter Streets
and Spaces program. Among
the towns to receive funding
are Grafton and Leicester.
The Shared Winter
Streets and Spaces program
provides grants as small
as $5,000, and as large as
$500,000. These grants sup-
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port a variety of projects
so that municipalities can
quickly launch changes for
safer walking, biking, public
transit, recreation, commerce
and civic activities.
These improvements can
be either temporary or permanent.
Many of the projects
that receive funding
are in response to the public
health crisis, and provide
safe mobility for children
and elders, for public
transportation, and to open
spaces and parks.
Among the towns that received
funding are Grafton
and Leicester. Grafton received
$300,000 to construct
a new sidewalk on Milford
Road, which will create a
safe walking route away from
a heavily traveled street. Leicester
received $134,101 to
expand the ADA-compliant
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WHITINSVILLE – Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage
Corridor (BRVHNC) announces
appointments made
to its Board of Directors following
its annual meeting in
January.
The Board of Directors
elected new officers as
follows: Chair, Richard T.
Moore (MA); First Vice-
Chair, Dennis Rice (MA);
Second Vice-Chair, Lee
Dillard Adams (MA); Treasurer,
Yvonne Chita (MA);
and Secretary, Todd Helwig
(MA). BRVNHC’s Immediate
Past Chair is Richard H.
Gregory III (RI).
Directors re-elected for a
three-year term on BRVN-
HC’s Board include Richard
H. Gregory III (RI), Dennis
Jan. 8-Feb. 12, 2016
Rice (MA), and Gary E. Furtado
(RI).
sidewalk network connecting
Towtaid Park to its surrounding
neighborhood and
create new off-street parking
designated for persons with
disabilities.
“The Shared Winter
Streets and Spaces program
provides valuable
funding to make towns in
the Commonwealth more
accessible for all residents,”
said Senator Michael
Moore, (D-Millbury).
“The program has become
even more critical due to
the ongoing public health
crisis, as it is vital to create
spaces that can accommodate
people coming
and going, without putting
them at risk of contracting
the coronavirus.”
Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor
announces new
board appointments
Richard T. Moore
Directors on the Board include
Bill Beitler (RI), Robert
Billington (RI), Michael D.
Cassidy (RI), Bob Contursi
(MA), Robert Dandrade (MA),
Gary E. Furtado (RI), Pieter
de Jong (MA), Jeannie Hebert
(MA), David W. Kellogg (RI),
Thomas Kravitz, (RI), Harry
T. Whitin (MA) and Donna M.
Williams (MA).
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