Gisella Soriano honored by Amplify Latinx as a Latina Leader
March 19, 2021
Gisella Soriano, who serves as a Credit Analyst for the Boston Planning & Development Agency and supports both the Boston Local Development Corporation and Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority has been named a 2021 Latina Leader by Amplify Latinx as part of their Women’s History Month celebration.
The BLDC honors Black History Month 2021 with City Fresh Foods
February 25, 2021
Born out of a need for access to fresh foods in urban areas, City Fresh is the brainchild of Glynn Lloyd. What started out as a market outside Franklin Park in the 90s, has evolved into a state-of-the art 14,000 square foot facility that provides home-style nutritious meals. During the current crisis, their mission is now more critical than ever.
New Financing Opportunity Available for Energy-Efficiency Projects at Boston Non-Profits
November 27, 2020
Join the Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority (BIDFA) on Wednesday, December 9 at 2:00 PM for an information session.
Boston Local Development Corporation to join BECMA’s 2020 Massachusetts Black Expo to promote small business loans available
November 12, 2020
The expo is will be held virtually from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15 and is free.
Financing Strategies – How to Access Funds for your Business webinar Tuesday, 10/20
October 19, 2020
Learn about various types of funding including traditional bank loans, micro-financing and community development fund loans.
BLDC CARES grant featured on Boston’s BNN News segment
September 24, 2020
Bill Nickerson, General Manager of the Boston Local Development Corporation, talks about a new revolving loan fund to help businesses make adjustments to recover from the pandemic.
BLDC receives $693,000 CARES grant to support loans for Boston small businesses impacted by COVID-19
August 31, 2020
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the BLDC has received a $693,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide loans to coronavirus-impacted small businesses in Boston.
BLDC Borrower makes $25 million commitment to battling COVID-19
April 7, 2020
Ginkgo Bioworks built their platform to enable partners across a wide range of applications to rapidly scale their R&D efforts, and they want to apply this technology today to the fight against the pandemic.
Join the BLDC at Salesforce Growth Camp Boston
March 2, 2020
Join the Boston Local Development Corporation (BLDC), Salesforce, and BECMA at District Hall on March 24 for an exclusive afternoon filled with tailored content for growing businesses.
The BLDC Honors Black History Month
February 21, 2020
by Bill Nickerson, BLDC General Manager
As the nation celebrates Black History Month, you hear many stories of the struggles, successes, trials and triumphs of our nation’s African-Americans. I have had the pleasure of knowing, working with, and calling a friend a man who is the living embodiment of, and has been throughout his life, a key player in that history. That man is Marvin Gilmore Jr.