Grant Activity

Grants obtained by the Planning & Development Department include:

2020 CDBG – CDF$715,510.00 Railroad Street Reconstruction  & fuel assistance                         2017 CDBG - CDF - $557,336.00 Chestnut St. Recontruction, Housing Rehabilitation, Fuel Assistance     2016 CDBG- CDF - $1,000,000.00 Walnut St Reconstruction, Housing Rehabilitation, Fuel Assistance Program Information:CDBG

CDBG-CV program – $131,500.00 (Winchendon's share) Small business &  homelessness assistance, Program Information: CARES ACT To apply: NewVue

USDA Community Facilities - $45,000 Cruiser reimbursement, Program Information: USDA

Massachusetts Downtown Initiative (MDI): $15,000.00 Program Details: MDI  Final Wayfinding Plan Click Here

Green Communities Grant program  2022: $66,449, 2021: $196,510.00, 2019: $189,673.00, 2018: $246,827.00, 2017: $176,245.00 (designation year) Program Information: DOER

Brownsfield/Assessment Remediation Plan Grant(s) 4 Summer Dr.$69,800.00 for Phase I,II environmental site assessment and remediation plan. $150,200 for building materials remediation and additional soil assessment. For  RFP and response for proposed use of the property click here. Poland & Streeter Schools $13,000.00 for Phase I & II environmental site assessments. Proposed Use of Poland & Streeter property click here. Grant Program Information: EPA/MRPC Brownsfied  

Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Planning Grant $36,400.00 Program Information: MVP Draft Plan Click Here

Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund - Emergency Assistance– Old Murdock Senior Center Repairs $50,000.00 Program Information: MHC

MassDOT Shared Streets grant: (ADA ramps/pavement markings/bus shelters) $ 243,000.00 Announcement click here. Program Information: Shared Streets

Mass DOT Complete Streets grant:2021 $399,831.00 Central St/ Maple Street Intersection Redesign, Complete Streets Prioritization Plan: $49,100.00 Program Information: Complete Streets Prioritization Plan Click Here

North Central MA Association of REALTORS, Inc. 2022, $5,000.00 Blair Sq. parklet

District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) and other Regional Planning Programs through Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC): Master Plan Chapters, $37,500.00 value: Economic Development, Land Use, Housing, Natural & Cultural Resources, Services & Facilities, Circualtion & Transportation. For final Volume 1 of the Master Plan click here $16,000 value: Public Right of Way (PROW) Plan click Here Downtown Design Standards $7,500 Value: (incomplete), Housing Production Plan $25,000 value (incomplete) For more information on Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) grant programs click here.

One stop for Growth Program:  The state of Massachustts recently initiated a grant application process that is a single application portal and collaborative review process of grant programs that make targeted investments based on a Development Continuum. More information on the program and the results of Winchendon's expression of Interest for 5 priority projects as outlined in the WInchendon Master Plan 2021 can be found here.