The Executive Office of Economic Development is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds for the FY2026 round of the Community One Stop for Growth (One Stop).
Donor Name: Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/04/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of the One Stop is to support more efforts that result in economic growth for all cities and towns across the Commonwealth. This coordinated process is designed to provide a more streamlined experience for applicants and to make the programs more accessible to all types of organizations, large and small, in all regions of the state.
Development Continuum Categories
- Categories Related to Preparing for Growth: The development of certain districts, sites or the advancement of certain economic development initiatives requires a series of initial steps by applicants to attract and guide private investment. Recognizing that these initial steps are applicable for almost all communities, whether a strong or weak market, grants associated with Preparing for Growth help support activities related to:
- Community Activation & Placemaking: Community Activation & Placemaking grants support projects and programs aimed at identifying and enhancing community assets
- Planning & Zoning: Applications for projects in the Planning & Zoning category represent an early-stage project that requires a guiding plan, study, or assessment of project needs, prior to any construction or site preparation. These are planning grants and projects that produce a planning document or zoning revision
- Site Preparation: This category includes funding for an applicant working to progress a key site toward development; a final developer or end use is not necessarily identified at this phase
- Categories Related to Catalyzing Specific Projects: In areas where Preparing for Growth activities may have already occurred, certain projects within a community may be ready for implementation by public and private investment. Grants associated with Catalyzing Specific Projects will be used to incentivize and leverage private commercial, industrial, and/or residential investment projects that further the community vision
- Buildings (Vertical): Funding is available for predevelopment activities and capital improvements that are essential to the occupancy of a blighted and/or underutilized property, with additional opportunities to activate underperforming commercial space within a Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) district. Funding in this category is limited to projects with a strong public purpose and benefit. Projects in this category must have the building secured with building and/or site control, an identified end use, and a clear public purpose. Additional funding is available for eligible Housing Choice designated municipalities to projects supporting the production, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units within the community
- Infrastructure (Horizontal): The Infrastructure category supports improvements to land and infrastructure that leverages and supports private investment in the community. These are predevelopment and implementation grants for projects that improve infrastructure such as roadways, streets, bridges, culverts, water/sewer, other utilities, etc. Investments will be targeted to projects that require the infrastructure improvements or expansion to support and/or facilitate new growth or address road safety issues.
Program Categories
- Community Activation & Placemaking
- Massachusetts Downtown Initiative
- Vacant Storefront Program
- Planning & Zoning
- Community Planning Grant Program
- Real Estate Services Technical Assistance
- Rural Development Fund
- Housing Choice Grant Program
- Site Preparation
- Site Readiness Program
- Brownfields Redevelopment Fund
- Real Estate Services Technical Assistance
- Rural Development Fund
- Housing Choice Grant Program
- Buildings (Vertical)
- Underutilized Properties Program
- TDI Equity Investment Program
- Rural Development Fund
- Housing Choice Grant Program
- Infrastructure (Horizontal)
- MassWorks Infrastructure Program
- HousingWorks Infrastructure Program
- Rural Development Fund
- Housing Choice Grant Program.
Funding Information
- Total funding available $558 million
- Municipal applicants may apply for access to up to $50,000 worth of refundable 2026 tax credits to be used to incentivize businesses to occupy vacant storefronts within the community’s downtown and/or commercial areas
- The TDI Equity Investment Program, now part of the Community One Stop for Growth, provides grants ranging from $25,000 to $250,000 to breathe new life into commercial spaces in and around designated Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Districts in Gateway Cities.
Eligible Applicants
Municipalities.
For more information, visit EOED.
