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The Massachusetts economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Massachusetts and related content such as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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Please contact us if you may be interested in expanding your business into Massachustts.  We are independent advisors - not a government agency or investment promotion agency. The "Seek Advice" section outlines topics which may be helpful as background to support your project plans.
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Massachusetts local economic development agencies : Please reply to the GUIDE Network Survey so that we have information on file for response to investment project enquiries.  Publication of Survey responses is optional.

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Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
Please contact us if you may be interested in expanding your business into Massachusetts.  We are independent advisors - not a government agency or investment promotion agency.

The "Seek Advice" section outlines topics which may be helpful as background to support your project plans.

See explanation of column headings below.

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MassDevelopment State 02110   www.massdevelopment.com

Devens

No No
Massachusetts Office of Business Development State 02108  

www.state.ma.us/mobd www.massconnect.state.ma.us

No No
Cambridge Community Dev. City 02139   www.ci.cambridge.ma.us No No
Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development State 02199   www.massecon.com No No
Boston Redevelopment Authority City 02201   www.cityofboston.gov/bra No No
Devens Community, and Devens Enterprise Commission - former military base location Local  

www.devenscommunity.com

www.devensec.com

properties

No No
Massachusetts Development Devens Center Local   www.devenscenter.com No No
MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Metro 01701   www.metrowest.org No No
Gloucester  Economic Development Corp. City 01930   www.ci.gloucester.ma.us No No
New Bedford Economic Development Council Inc. City 02361   www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us No No
Plymouth Regional Economic Development Foundation and Office of Economic Development Region 02361   www.plymouthbusiness.org No No
Lexington Chamber of Commerce Chamber 02421   www.lexingtonchamber.org No No
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Region 02601   www.capecodchamber.org No No
Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry Chamber 02721   www.fallriverchamber.com No No
South Coast Development Partnership - Dartmouth Region 02747

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www.southcoastdev.org No No
Southeastern Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership Region 02780   www.smmp.org No No
Taunton Industrial Development City 02780   www.ci.taunton.ma.us No No
City of Attleboro City   www.ci.attleboro.ma.us No No
Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau County   www.bristol-county.org No No
Greater Worcester MA Metro 01608   www.greaterworcesterma.com No No
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Region 01608   www.worcesterchamber.org No No
Choose Worcester, Inc. 01608   new organization - pending No No
Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council Region 01022   www.westernmassedc.com No No
Westover Metropolitan Development Corp. City 01022   www.ecdv.wma.com No No
Chamber of Commerce of the Berkshires Region   www.berkshirebiz.org No No
North Quabbin Chamber Local 01331   www.northquabbinchamber.com No No
City of Haverhill City   www.haverhill.com No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory below links to the websites of many Massachusetts economic development organizations (EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content about MA as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the MA and larger US Northeast (New England) region, following the same structure as our global contact directories These area representatives would typically include
  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 
Contact information for relationship leaders at GDI Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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