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

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

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.