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This bill, known as the MassMakers Act, aims to support economic growth in Massachusetts downtowns and main streets through several key initiatives. It establishes a MassMakers Portal, a one-stop web platform to help businesses navigate state requirements and access resources, with a task force to design and implement the portal by 2025. The bill creates a Downtown Vitality Fund, funded by a dedicated remote retailers sales tax, to provide grants for district management entities and support small businesses in commercial areas. It also launches a Supply Mass/Buy Mass program to connect local suppliers with local purchasers, helping to strengthen the state's economy by promoting Massachusetts-based businesses. Additionally, the bill creates an Office of Massachusetts Main Streets to promote downtown and commercial districts, establishes a Microbusiness and Minority Business Strategy Commission to support small and minority-owned businesses, and introduces several provisions to simplify business operations, such as exempting microbusinesses from certain fees and requiring businesses to keep operating licenses accessible. The overall goal is to streamline business processes, support local economic development, and create more opportunities for small and minority-owned businesses across the state.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H307