The Baker-Polito Administration has announced the award by MOTT of $2.2M in Destination Development Capital Grants to 20 organizations in support of projects that expand, construct, restore or renovate Massachusetts tourism destinations and attractions.
FY 2023 grant recipients are:
- Discovery Museum, $49,700 for reconstruction of a stonewall
- Franklin County Agricultural Society, $75,000 for electrical updates
- Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, $149,999 for grandstand renovation
- Head of the Charles Regatta, Inc, $33,000 for tents, utilities and onsite amenities
- Heritage Museums & Gardens, $250,000 to replace welcome center destroyed by storm
- Hopkinton Center for the Arts, $30,834 for improvements to amphitheater and gardens
- Maritime Gloucester, $93,000 for repair of electrical transformer
- Museum of Science, $185,000 for repair of deteriorating exterior wall
- New Bedford Parks Recreation & Beaches, $231,788 for development of a public greenspace
- New England Aquarium, $149,999 for website redesign
- Old Sturbridge Village, $36,000 for sewer, hot water and HVAC upgrades
- Plimoth Patuxet Museums, $54,938 for improved signage and entranceways
- Salisbury Beach Partnership, $250.000 for construction of carousel pavilion
- Town of Southbridge, $8000 for historic walking tour venue
- Spirit of Springfield, $98,700 for gift shop displays and tunnel arch replacement
- Wang Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., $47,500 for inclined platform lift
- Three Saints, Inc., $45,000 for new festival stage
- USN Shipbuilding Museum, $127,500 for technology upgrades
- Town of Wareham, $250,000 for bandstand and seating renovations
- Town of Yarmouth, $45,000 for wayfinding master plan and signage
Tentative deadline for submission of proposals for the next round of grants is 31 March 2023. Watch for updates here.
