This EDA investment supports the morgan memorial goodwill industries, INC

This $2 million EDA Project Grant supports Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. in expanding an existing workforce training facility in Boston, Massachusetts. The funding through the Department of Commerce's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will help upgrade parking and truck delivery capacity at the Goodwill facility. This is intended to strengthen economic mobility in the community by providing improved access for Goodwill's workforce development programs and social enterprises operations. The project aims to aid regional recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through bolstered job creation and private investment spurred by the expanded training services offered by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. with this EDA investment.

With expanding an existing workforce training facility that is essential to sustain and grow the workforce training and job placement services offered by the goodwill in roxbury, massachusetts. The project will help strengthen the economic mobility in the community by upgrading the workforce training clients' parking and truck delivery capacity, which will provide the access needed for operations of goodwill's workforce development programs and social enterprises facility. Once completed, the project will help the region with recovery efforts from the covid-19 pandemic, bolster job creation, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region.