• From: Steve Smirti <ssmirti@medford-ma.gov>
    Subject: City is Asking for Community Feedback on How to Spend COVID-19 Federal Stimulus Funds
    Date: July 12, 2022 at 2:56:32 PM EDT
    To: Steve Smirti <ssmirti@medford-ma.gov>

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 12, 2022
    Contact: Steve Smirti, Director of Communications (ssmirti@medford-ma.gov), 781-885-4296 
     
     
    City is Asking for Community Feedback on How to Spend COVID-19 Federal Stimulus Funds
     
    American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Can Be Used to Address Systemic Public Health and Economic Challenges
     
     
    (MEDFORD)—The City will be distributing surveys to engage and solicit feedback from the public on where to invest federal COVID-19 response funding as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn announced.
     
    Medford is receiving over $48 million in APRA funds, distributed in installments until 2025, and after allocating a percentage to existing fiscal needs such as revenue replacement (over $19 million), some of the over $20 million remaining will be invested directly into community projects, programs and initiatives.
     
    Surveys will be available to public in multiple languages to help City staff determine where this money will have the most impact. Hard copies will be available at:
     
    • Medford Public Library
    • Medford High School
    • Council on Aging
    • Medford Housing Authority
    • West Medford Community Center
     
    Digital versions of the survey can be found on the City’s website at medfordma.org/arpa, or by clicking the links below in the following languages:
     
     
     
    If you’d like to volunteer to help the City distribute these surveys at various points throughout the community, please send an e-mail to dtejera@medford-ma.gov
     
    About the American Rescue Plan Act
    On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This fund is administered by the US Department of the Treasury. The ARPA provides an estimated $1.9 trillion in stimulus to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the ARPA, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provides $350 billion for states, municipalities, counties, tribes, and territories, including $130 billion for local governments split evenly between municipalities and counties.
     
     
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    Steve Smirti
    Director of Communications | Office of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn
    Medford City Hall
    85 George P Hassett Dr, Medford, MA 02155
    781-393-2110 (office)
    781-885-4296 (mobile)
    ssmirti@medford-ma.gov
    www.medfordma.org
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