Formal position, not binding
Support University Small Business Technical Assistance Partnership
Last activity April 30, 2026 (5 months ago)
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Introduced
April 24, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
City Council supports creating a University Small Business Technical Assistance Partnership to connect city small-business services with university student consulting programs. It would provide no-cost help in financial management, marketing, e-commerce, operations, and procurement readiness, prioritizing businesses in underserved neighborhoods. The plan would track outcomes such as businesses served and neighborhoods reached.
Affects small businesses in underserved neighborhoods
Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Liz Breadon, Julia Mejia, and Miniard Culpepper
Now with the City Council
About Small Business & Licensing , Education and Labor & Workforce
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
Resolution in support of establishing a university small business technical assistance partnership in the City of Boston.
Timeline
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April 29, 2026
The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.
City Council
On behalf of Councilors Culpepper and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan), absent 1 (Louijeune).