Amendment ID: S2790-75-R1

Redraft Amendment 75

Second Worcester District Minority-Owned Businesses

Mr. Moore moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 2C, in item 7004-2020, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended to CENTRO and Latin American Business Organization, Inc. for a grant program for businesses in the second Worcester district owned by individuals from socially and economically disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system or negative racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias, for economic and workforce training opportunities, affordable housing, technology infrastructure and opportunities for the establishment, development or expansion of small businesses".