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The Future
of our 
Economy 

May 4th @ 2pm
HYBRID

MassDOT Building
499 Plantation Parkway
Worcester, MA 01605

As told by the
residents of Central
Massachusetts

 


Highlights from hundreds of community surveys, visioning sessions, and stakeholder interviews to inform key priorities for economic development for the next 5 years.

Regional Economic Strategy

Community Engagement Recap

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2023-2028
Southern Central Massachusetts Economic Development Strategy

The Economic Development Strategy will create a vision, goals,

and strategies for the Southern Central Massachusetts regarding: 

Tourism and Recreation

Municipal Capacity 

Business & Economic Development 

Workforce Development 

Education

Transportation

Agriculture

Housing

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About the Region

Southern Central

Massachusetts

Southern Worcester County possesses unique assets that transcend the Industrial Revolution boom and subsequent deindustrialization of the region. Geographically, the region is comprised of nationally recognized historic sites such as the Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor, repurposed mills from the Industrial Revolution era, a wide array of cultural offerings, parks, and a growing agricultural community. Worcester County as more farms than any other county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with 1,526 farms and Worcester County was ranked 6th out of all counties in the U.S. in farm to consumer sales. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting our region in many profound ways, the economic development strategies update is ever more crucial to the future of our region, to realize our region's strengths and weaknesses so that we can take on more economic development opportunities to make our region a better place to live and work for all.

Read the previous CEDS:

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Read the annual report:

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About the Authors

Southern Worcester County
Economic Development Organization

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