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On behalf of the Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce, it is our distinct pleasure to share with you one of the key initiatives for the Chamber's Economic Development Council.

It has become very apparent that online presence, social media, and vehicles to push information electronically are of vast importance in today's world. To that end, an initiative to create a promotional video for the Town of Hopkinton was created.

The focus of this short video is simple: To promote the many key aspects that make Hopkinton an ideal place to live, work and locate your business. Working in lockstep with the Town of Hopkinton the video shines a light on the many competitive advantages we hold as a community. We hope that this video makes you as proud of Hopkinton as we were to help in the creation of it.

This production was created with the assistance and support of the partnership between the Town of Hopkinton and the Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce.

Please enjoy the short video and certainly feel free to share it!

Regards,

Cristina Morrissiey, Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce President AND

J. Nicholas Slottje,
Economic Development Council

COVID-19 RESOURCES

Restaurant Revitalization Fund

The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. More info here.

Small Business Administration & Treasury Release Simpler PPP Forgiveness Process for Loans of $50,000 or Less

Step II of Phase III Effective October 5th More info here.

Gov. Baker Latest Press Release

Massachusetts businesses could benefit from federal loans, grants, tax credits and other resources to survive the economic crisis sparked by COVID-19. Find out more here.

For the business community specifically, the CDC has issued a guide for employers to respond to the virus. Recommendations include: actively encouraging sick employees to stay home, flexible policies that permit employees to stay home to care for a sick family member, and respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene.

More info here.

Business Insights

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• Tax Incentive Program to
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NEWS YOU CAN USE

Current Local News

Special Town Meeting May 8th Read More Here
Town Elections May 22th Read More Here
Commercial Solar By-Law, the Whole Story
(courtesy of ehop)
Main Street Corridor Project News and Sign-Up
Boston Marathon Fall 2021 Date Selected
Hopkinton Receives $3 Million MassWorks Infrastructure Grant

Covid-19. Guidance for Businesses an Employers
Boston Globe Report on MetroWest/Hopkinton
Report finds abundant strengths, pressing challenges in MetroWest and Hopkinton. Click here.
Bulletin with recent scams perpetrated on employees who have access to cash...from the Hopkinton Police Department. Who to contact if your employees receive a suspicious call or observe unusual or suspicious activity.
See full Bulletin here.
Hopkinton Chamber Endorses HPD Initiative!
LISTEN (Courtesy of WGBH)
It is will great pleasure The Hopkinton Police Department announces that they are rolling out the Hopkinton Business Camera Registry (HBCA)

• This LINK is a letter explaining the program
• Click HERE to be brought to the online form to be used to collect registrations.

Hopkinton Tops List Of Safest Cities In America
CBS News Reports: The report, released by Safewise, a home safety review company, measured violent crime and property crime rates, as well as noting population and income figures.
Hopkinton, which jumped 72 places since last year, reported no violent crime and a property crime rate seven times lower than the national average. It has a population of 17,348 and a median income of $151,357.