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  • Massachusetts - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is in the northeastern area of the United States. From its early dependence on fishing and agriculture, Massachusetts transformed into a manufacturing center at the time of the Industrial Revolution (1820-1870). During the 20th century, the Massachusetts economy shifted from the manufacturing it relied on and added new service industries to the economic mix.
  • Boston - Boston, Massachusetts is largest city in Massachusetts and the state capital. Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and the largest in New England. Boston makes up the larger majority of Suffolk County and is the county seat. Boston is the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as “Greater Boston,” an area that shares economic and social conditions with Boston proper. Boston was the site of several firsts, including America’s first public school, Boston Latin School, and the first subway system in the United States.
  • Essex - Essex, Massachusetts is located 25 miles north of Boston’s city limits in Essex County. Tourists are drawn to Essex for the seafood restaurants, but, in recent years, leisure activities such as boating excursions down the Essex River have enticed tourists to visit as well. The only beachfront in Essex is not easily accessible by land. Essex has an abundance of natural beauty and quaint New England charm. A flourishing antiques trade is developing in Essex, which now boasts the greatest number of antique shops per square mile in the U.S.
  • Middlesex - Middlesex County considers health care an industry staple and an important source of employment and economic stability. Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is one of the academic teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School. They provide community hospital-based residency training programs in internal medicine and psychiatry. CHA includes three main hospital campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public Health Department, and the Network Health plan. The three CHA hospital campuses are Cambridge Hospital, Somerville Hospital, and Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett. Each hospital has a 24-hour emergency department and a wide variety of medical services.
  • Norfolk - First settled in 1669, Norfolk was not incorporated as a town until 1870. Norfolk contains many wonderful examples of historic architecture. One of the main assets of Norfolk is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter rail station, which carries over 3,000 people per day to and from Boston. Norfolk is also served by U.S. Route 1, a major north-south highway through the New England area.
  • Suffolk County - Suffolk County has a diversified economy. Boston’s colleges and universities are major employers as are law, government, tourism, financial services, printing, and publishing industries. Several major printing and publishing firms are located in Boston including the following: Houghton Mifflin, Bedford-St. Martin’s Press, Beacon Press, and Little, Brown and Company.
  • Plymouth - Plymouth, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, is in the New England region of the United States. Plymouth is an important location with regard to the birth of America. When the passengers of the sailing ship, Mayflower, landed in the new world in 1620, what is now known as Plymouth was the site of their first colony. Plymouth is the oldest town in New England and one of the oldest in America. The town of Plymouth is where the first Thanksgiving feast between the Puritan settlers from England and the Patuxet Native Americans was held.
  • Rhode Island - The state of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the USA – only 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, is in the center of the New England region. “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” is actually the state’s legal name and was voted to be permanent in 2010. The capital of Rhode Island is Providence. The state’s geography earned its nickname, “the Ocean State,” because of its several large bays and inlets amounting to about 30% of its total area of 1214 square miles.
  • Merrimack Valley - Merrimack Valley, New Hampshire lies along the Merrimack River in Southern New Hampshire. The region extends into northern Massachusetts, encompassing the towns of Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill in Massachusetts. Named for the river that runs through it, the Merrimack Valley region’s earliest European settlers saw their livelihood and culture defined by the Merrimack River. Industrial cities followed, with numerous textile mills built to take advantage of the river’s water power.
  • New Hampshire – One of the nation’s smaller states, at 60 miles wide and 190 miles long, New Hampshire is divided into seven very different regions: Great North Woods, White Mountains, Lakes Region, Dartmouth / Lake Sunapee, Monadnock Region, Merrimack Valley, and Seacoast.
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