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The Massachusetts District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration announced its fiscal year 2015 lender awards:
- Easthampton Savings Bank, Lender of the Quarter (Fourth Quarter 2015)
- Cambridge Savings Bank, Massachusetts Lender of the Year to Women
- Bristol County Savings Bank, Massachusetts Minority Lender of the Year
- South Shore Bank, Massachusetts Lender of the Year to Veterans
- Santander Bank, Massachusetts Lender of the Year to Restaurants
- Middlesex Savings Bank, Massachusetts Lender of the Year to New Businesses
- Enterprise Bank and Trust Co., Massachusetts Lender of the Year to Small Business Manufacturers
- Nuvo Bank and Trust Co., Western Massachusetts Third-Party Lender (Dollars and Volume)
- Accion, Massachusetts Microlender of the Year (Dollars and Volume)
- Bay Colony Development Corp., Massachusetts CDC Lender of the Year (Volume)
- Granite State Economic Development Corp., Massachusetts CDC Lender of the Year (Dollars)
- Mary’s Credit Union, Massachusetts Credit Union of the Year
- New England Certified Development Corp., Western Massachusetts 504 Lender (Dollars and Volume)
- Berkshire Bank, Western Massachusetts 7(a) Lender of the Year (Dollars and Volume)
- Eastern Bank, Massachusetts 7(a) Lender of the Year (Dollars and Volume); 504 Third-Party Lender of the Year (Dollars and Volume); Massachusetts #1 Lender by Job Creation/Retention
Two other awards recognizing our resource partners were also announced:
- Paula Camara, Senior Business Advisor, Clark University SBDC, Central Regional Office, Massachusetts State Star Award – Small Business Development Center
- Jack Calkins, SCORE Boston, District Director’s Award
In fiscal year 2015, the Massachusetts District Office supported a total of 2,667 loans totaling $657 million.
