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Bellingham Masachusetts
is a moderate sized residential community situated on the southwestern
semi-rural fringe of metropolitan Boston. Although settled since the colonial
era, the town has never experienced any prolonged periods of intensive
industrial or commercial development. Bellingham evolved from agricultural
village to rural small town and to bedroom suburb without becoming an important
economic center.
However, this pattern of unbalanced
growth is now changing. The dramatic upsurge in business activity in Bellingham
is a consequence of many factors. Certainly the heavy development of Boston's
inner suburbs, and especially the towns along Route 128 with the accompanying
problems of land shortages, rising prices and congestion have led business
decision-makers to look to the I-495 area.
Additionally, Bellingham has a much
improved business climate, the result of changing local attitudes and improvements
in public infrastructure. The town is also attracting able and committed
developers. Unlike the past, Bellingham is now prepared for and strongly
interested in economic growth.
Bellingham Massachusetts is located
in Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Franklin and Wrentham on the
east; Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on the south; Blackstone, Mendon, and Hopedale
on the west; and Milford and Medway on the north. Bellingham is 25 miles
southeast of Worcester; 30 miles southwest of Boston. |