Town Of Chatham

Town of Chatham, a municipality based in Chatham, Massachusetts, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on airport infrastructure development and watershed/environmental protection, with limited federal contracting activity. The town holds no federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not sit on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant receipts and a small number of sub-grant participations under state and nonprofit intermediaries.

Chatham's grant portfolio concentrates heavily in two sectors. Airport infrastructure dominates, anchored by five recent Federal Aviation Administration grants under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Representative awards include a $281,000 Project Grant awarded July 29, 2025 (Phase 1 design funding for runway visual guidance system reconstruction at Chatham Municipal Airport, completion by July 28, 2029), a $419,000 Formula Grant awarded August 13, 2025 (Phase 2 construction funding for Runway End Identifier Lights and Precision Approach Path Indicator system replacement, completion by August 12, 2029), and a $233,336.84 Project Grant awarded August 14, 2025 (Phase 2 vegetation obstruction removal, completion by August 13, 2029). The town also received a $162,000 Project Grant awarded May 18, 2026 under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program to update the airport master plan (completion by May 17, 2030). Environmental and watershed protection work runs through cooperative agreements with the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.904). Chatham recipients include a $325,000 cooperative agreement (September 22, 2022, for Little MLL Pond stormwater treatment design and implementation), a $416,000 cooperative agreement (September 22, 2022, for Fox Hill Road stormwater collection system installation), and a $299,000 cooperative agreement (September 20, 2022, for Eliphamets Lane stormwater treatment design and implementation). The town also received Assistance to Firefighters Grants from FEMA—a $134,999.40 grant awarded August 17, 2022 (completion August 16, 2024) and a $325,000 grant awarded July 30, 2024 (completion July 29, 2026).

The FAA New England Region accounts for twelve of Chatham's recent awards, followed by the National Resources Conservation Service (seven awards) and FEMA (seven awards), collectively representing 82% of recent grant volume. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. As a sub-recipient, Chatham participates in pass-through grants from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (water service line inventory electronic documentation, awarded November 6, 2024), Justice and Security Strategies, Inc. (body-worn camera program implementation, awarded September 25, 2024), and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (COVID-19 relief, awarded September 9, 2023). The town's grant activity shows a declining trajectory over the past five years—seven awards in 2022 declining to one in 2026—driven by the completion of infrastructure and environmental projects first awarded in 2022 and 2023.