Our business recruitment office will continue to fill vacancies and we are going to ensure that we are in direct contact with all of our businesses on what they need. For the very first time ever, Boston gave direct funding to help businesses open up in new storefronts. These space grants have been transformational to our neighborhoods. But with the 90 businesses that were selected for this program and are creating now nearly a thousand jobs throughout the city, there were 900 applications for that program. (29:25–29:32)
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Asserts that Boston has initiated direct funding for businesses to open new storefronts for the first time.
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