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2-year Commonwealth-funded pilot program supporting immigrant entrepreneurship across 32 Berkshire County cities and towns; includes collaborative partner resource allocations, WMBE certification micro-grants, ESOL programming (with Berkshire Community College), and Spanish-language interpretation services.
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