FRAMINGHAM, MA — Livability Media, which provides information about and ranks cities, towns, regions and states on how “livable” they are, has ranked Framingham at #22 in their 8th annual 2021 Top 100 Best Place to Live in America.
Framingham has moved up two notches this year, (it was ranked #24 in Livability’s 2020 list), but still lags behind Quincy, MA which ranked in the Top 10 at #6 from over 2,300 U.S. cities surveyed.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA — During the early months of the COVID-19 global pandemic, many restaurants struggled to stay in business as eat-in dining was prohibited by emergency orders from state and local officials.
To avoid the chain-reaction of business failure, followed by employee layoffs which could drive unemployment and a further economic downturn a grant program known as the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) was established as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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