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The Town of Greenfield
Massachusetts is a residential community located at the cross roads of
Interstate 91, Route 2 and the famous Mohawk Trail in Western Massachusetts,
98 miles from Boston. There are airports nearby and travel to New York
City, Springfield, Brattleboro, Vt., Keene, New Hampshire and Montreal,
Canada by bus or automobile is convenient.
Greenfield offers all the amenities
for residents and visitors for the whole of Franklin County: theaters,
drama groups, local newspapers, restaurants, radio stations, library, YMCA,
churches, golf courses, centralized shopping with free parking, Farmers
Market, covered bridge, historic walking district, skiing and skating areas,
museum, hospital, motels, post office, senior center, full time police
and fire departments, industrial park, financial institutions, internationally
famous private schools, court house and professional services.
Poet Seat Tower provides a picturesque
view of a scenic Greenfield Community College Campus and a quiet, friendly
town proud of its renovated schools, volunteerism, industrial history,
parks and playgrounds, county fair, active business and civic organizations,
art and craft shows and the outstanding Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Greenfield residents feel it's just
the kind of town most people dream about as the ideal place to live and
raise a family - small enough to get to know people personally, yet private
- not a suburb to any big city. With its ever changing four-season climate,
and surrounded by rivers, lakes, mountains, apple orchards and farm land;
they believe it is a good place to visit and a good place to live.
Greenfield Massachusetts is located
in Northwestern Massachusetts, bordered by Colrain on the northwest, Leyden
and Bernardston on the north, Gill and Montague on the east, Deerfield
on the south, and Shelburne on the southwest and west. Greenfield is 36
miles north of Springfield; 95 miles northwest of Boston. |