Somerville Urban Agenda Award Letter FY25 (2) — File 25-0020

Commonwealth of Massachusetts EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, ROOM 2101 BOSTON, MA 02108 MAURA T. HEALEY GOVERNOR KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR YVONNE HAO SECRETARY TELEPHONE [phone removed] FACSIMILE [phone removed] www.mass.gov/eoed Mayor Katjana Ballantyne City of Somerville 93 Highland Avenue Somerville, Massachusetts, 02143 Dear Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, RE: Application: FULL-FY25-Somerville-Somerville-Small Busin-00249 Congratulations on the City of Somerville’s successful application to the FY25 Round of the Community One Stop for Growth. On behalf of the Healey-Driscoll Administration, I am pleased to inform you that a grant in the amount of $100,000 from the Urban Agenda Grant program has been approved to support the Small Business Success Technical Assistance project If this project is located in an MBTA Community, please note that a contract will not be executed if the community is noncompliant with Section 3A of M.G.L. Chapter 40A as determined by EOHLC. Urban Agenda is designed to support community economic development that is grounded in collaboration and local leadership development. EOED staff have provided a Submittable link to pre- contracting forms; please review these forms with your collaborators and submit them by the end of December, at which time we will begin contracting. Please be advised that this letter does not constitute an agreement or contract with EOED or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the grant award is not final until the organization has executed a contract with EOED. You should not proceed with any grant activities until a contract is in place. Sincerely, Yvonne Hao Secretary