Economically Distressed Areas (EDAs)
PURSUANT TO BROWNFIELDS LAW
EDAs are areas that are currently an Economic Target Area (ETA) or that would otherwise qualify to be an ETA. Other "areas" defined as three or more contiguous census tracts or one or more contiguous municipalities-may qualify based on the published and other non-published economic criteria. To determine whether a site may be within an area so qualifying, please contact: Robert Foley - (617) 788-3638
Click on this map to view the large map of Economically Distressed Areas or scroll down to view list of towns.
Abington
Acushnet
Adams
Agawam
Amesbury
Amherst
Andover
Aquinnah
Ashburnham
Ashfield
Ashland
Athol
Attleboro
Auburn
Avon
Ayer
Barnstable
Barre
Becket
Bedford
Belchertown
Bellingham
Berkley
Bernardston
Beverly
Billerica
Blackstone
Boston
Bourne
Boxborough
Braintree
Brewster
Brimfield
Brockton
Brookfield
Buckland
Burlington
Cambridge
Canton
Carver
Charlemont
Charlton
Chatham
Chelsea
Cheshire
Chester
Chicopee
Clinton
Colrain
Conway
Dalton
Dartmouth
Dedham
Deerfield
Dennis
Dighton
Douglas
Dracut
Dudley
Eastham
Easthampton
Edgartown
Erving
Essex
Everett
Fairhaven
Fall River
Falmouth
Fitchburg
Florida
Foxborough
Framingham
Franklin
Freetown
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Gardner
Gill
Gloucester
Grafton
Great Barrington
Greenfield
Groton
Hanson
Hardwick
Harwich
Hatfield
Haverhill
Hawley
Heath
Hingham
Hinsdale
Holbrook
Holland
Holyoke
Hopedale
Hopkinton
Hubbardston
Hudson
Hull
Ipswich
Lakeville
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lee
Leicester
Lenox
Leominster
Leverett
Leyden
Lowell
Ludlow
Lunenburg
Lynn
Malden
Manchester
Mansfield
Marlborough
Mashpee
Mattapoisett
Maynard
Medway
Mendon
Merrimac
Methuen
Middleborough
Middlefield
Milford
Millbury
Millville
Monroe
Monson
Montague
Monterey
Montgomery
Natick
New Ashford
New Bedford
New Salem
Newburyport
Norfolk
North Adams
North Attleborough
North Brookfield
North Reading
Northampton
Northborough
Northbridge
Northfield
Norton
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Norwood
Orange
Orleans
Otis
Oxford
Palmer
Phillipston
Pittsfield
Plainfield
Plainville
Plymouth
Provincetown
Quincy
Randolph
Raynham
Revere
Rochester
Rockland
Rockport
Rowe
Royalston
Rutland
Salem
Salisbury
Sandisfield
Sandwich
Savoy
Sheffield
Shelburne
Shirley
Somerset
Somerville
Southbridge
Southwick
Spencer
Springfield
Stockbridge
Stoughton
Sturbridge
Sunderland
Sutton
Swansea
Taunton
Templeton
Tisbury
Truro
Upton
Uxbridge
Wales
Walpole
Waltham
Ware
Wareham
Warren
Webster
Wellfleet
Wendell
West Bridgewater
West Brookfield
West Springfield
Westfield
Westminster
Westport
Westwood
Weymouth
Whately
Whitman
Williamstown
Winchendon
Woburn
Worcester
Wrentham
Yarmouth |
The following municipalities are partially designated as EDAs:
Arlington (Census tracts 3563 and 3564)
Chelmsford (Tracts 3171-01, -02 and -03)
Medford (Tract 3398)
North Andover (Tract 2532-01)
Peabody (Tracts 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108 and 2109)
Rehobeth (Tract 6331)
Watertown (Tracts 3703 and 3704)
Wilmington (Tracts 3312 and 3313)
In addition, the following sites qualify as EDAs:
Forner Fort Devens (Ayer, Shirley and Harvard)
Grove Street Gas Plant (Arlington)
Merrill Street Gas Plant (Danvers)
Merriam Street Gas Plant (Lexington)
Orne Street Gas Plant (Marblehead)
Candle Street Gas Plant (Nantucket)
Pomeworth Street Gas Plant (Stoneham) |
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