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Everett Massachusetts
was settled in 1630, established as a town in 1870 and incorporated as
a city in 1892. A blue-collar working class community, Everett has served
as a gateway city to immigrants for most of its history. The community
has a diversified industrial and commercial base with manufacturing accounting
for approximately 31% of all jobs and more than 35% of the total annual
payroll, followed by services and retail trade.
The city's public facilities include
seven elementary schools, one junior and one senior high school, which
offers a vocational education program. Water and sewer services are provided
by the MWRA. Everett has a convenient and accessible location abutting
Boston on the Mystic River. The city is close to Interstate Highways 93
and 95, has 60 miles of public roads and is served by the MBTA. Logan International
Airport is approximately 15 minutes away.
A small city of 3.5 square miles,
Everett's residential area has a population density of approximately 18,000
per square mile, yet is able to provide a high level of educational, public
safety, public works and recreational services to its citizens at a modest
tax rate. Everett's assessed value in FY94 is $2.0 billion and the city
has maintained an "A" bond rating during the difficult economic times of
recent years. Everett industry contributes significantly to the economic
well being of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with many of its companies
producing and servicing products in use world-wide.
Everett Massachusetts is located
in Located in Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Malden on the north, Revere
on the east, Chelsea on the southeast, the Mystic River on the south, and
Somerville and Medford on the west. Everett is 4 miles north of Boston. |