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The City of Boston recently selected grant recipients for the Supplying Capital and Leveraging Education (SCALE) program, a technical assistance program designed for small businesses in specific industries.

Participating small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses receive six months of industry-specific technical assistance and grant funding of up to $200,000.

The grant program funding is provided through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and is anticipated to total $6.5 million.

The purpose of the program is to build businesses’ capacity to more effectively bid on, win and perform public contracts, specifically for the City of Boston.

It also focuses on industry categories that represent a large share of the city’s public contra

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