Business Facilities - January 2008 - (Page 105) MASSACHUSETTS Governor Deval Patrick MASSACHUSETTS Fast Facts Population (2006): 6,437,193 Largest Cities (2006): Boston, 590,763; Worcester, 175,454; Springfield, 151,176; Lowell, 103,229; Cambridge, 101,365 Targeted Industries: Insurance, software, health services, biotechnology, photonics, manufacturing Key Incentives: Economic Development Incentive,John Adams Innovation Institute Fund,Massachusetts Banking Partners Small Business Loan, RLF Fixed Rate Program,Workforce Training Fund AL – CO MASSACHUSETTS GDP by Industry (Total = $337.6 billion) (Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Data are 2006 estimates in current dollars.) 9.9% - Manufacturing CT – ID 29.8% - Services & Healthcare 13.0% - Trade & Transportation 0.3% - Agriculture & Mining 24.7% - Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate IL – LA 8.8% - Government 13.6% - Other 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 STATE CONTACTS Massachusetts Business Resource Team Patrick Cloney, Executive Director One Ashburton Place, Suite #2101 Boston, MA 02108 877-BIZTEAM (249-8326) www.mass.gov/bizteam Massachusetts Alliance for Econ. Dev. Susan Houston, Executive Director 892 Worcester Street Wellesley, MA 02482 781-489-6262, ext. 11 www.massecon.com MassDevelopment Robert L. Culver, President and CEO 160 Federal Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02110 800-445-8030 www.massdevelopment.com Team New England David C. Driver Managing Director, Regional Development 107 Selden Street Berlin, CT 6037 860-665-6312 www.teamnewengland.com Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Michael Graney, Senior VP, Business Dev. 1441 Main Street Springfield, MA 01103 413-755-1300 www.westernmassedc.com Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Joseph Bevilacqua, President and CEO 264 Essex Street Lawrence, MA 01840 978-686-0900 www.merrimackvalleymeansbusiness.com Metropolitan Area Planning Council Steven Winter, Senior Project Manager 60 Temple Place, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02111-1324 617-451-2770, ext. 2067 www.mapc.org Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Michael Lanava, Bus. Resource Manager 339 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 508-753-2924, ext. 2 www.worcesterchamber.org CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Dept. of Community Dev. Estella Johnson, Director of Econ. Dev. 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-349-4616 www.cambridgema.gov ME – MS MO – NJ LOWELL City of Lowell Theresa Park, Director of Econ. Dev. Division of Planning and Development JFK Civic Center 50 Arcand Drive Lowell, MA 01852-1025 978-970-4276 www.lowellma.gov NM – OK SPRINGFIELD Springfield Office of Economic Dev. David Panagore, Chief Dev. Officer 70 Tapley Street Springfield, MA 01103 413-787-6525 www.springfieldcityhall.com OR – TN CITY CONTACTS BOSTON Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Deirdre M. Coyle, Jr. Senior VP/Director of Communications 727 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 600 Boston, MA 02111-2874 617-292-2363, ext. 242 www.icic.org WORCESTER Worcester Executive Office of Economic Development Paul Morano Director of Business Assistance 44 Front Street, Suite 530 Worcester, MA 01608 508-799-1400 www.worcertermass.org 105 REGIONAL CONTACTS Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Nathaniel Karns, Executive Director 1 Fenn Street, Suite 201 Pittsfield, MA 01201-6629 413-442-1521, ext. 26 www.berkshireplanning.org TX – WY BUSINESS FACILITIES | 2008 SITE SEEKERS’ GUIDE http://www.westernmassedc.com http://www.cambridgema.gov http://www.mass.gov/bizteam http://www.merrimackvalleymeansbusiness.com http://www.massecon.com http://www.lowellma.gov http://www.mapc.org http://www.massdevelopment.com http://www.worcesterchamber.org http://www.springfieldcityhall.com http://www.teamnewengland.com http://www.berkshireplanning.org http://www.worcestermass.org http://www.icic.org
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