495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership

To promote economic vitality and sustain natural resources while enhancing the quality of life in the 495/MetroWest region.

200 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 Tel (774) 760-0495 Fax (774) 760-0017 info@arc-of-innovation.org

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495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership's Strategic Plan
2008 Partnership's Annual Report
ARC Update September 2008
Executive Summary: 2008 Economic Indicators for the 495/MetroWest Region
As the advocacy organization for the 495/MetroWest region, the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership commissioned the MetroWest Economic Research Center (MERC) at Framingham State College to develop an ongoing analysis of our region’s economic importance to the Commonwealth.
The second annual report from MERC for the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership, 2008 Economic Indicators for the 495/MetroWest Region, offers a wide range of economic indicators assessing the region’s growing role as an employment center for the Commonwealth. Indicators provides a continued examination of the economic characteristics of the region, unemployment data, labor force data, the types of jobs located in the region and the payroll they generate, and an examination of the region’s housing characteristics.
This research was recently highlighted at the Partnership’s first annual Economic sponsored by Sovereign Bank and Community Newspapers Company.
A pdf executive summary of the report is available here. The full report is available on cd for $20. To purchase the 2008 Economic Indicators Full Report contact the Partnership’s office for more information at (774)760-0495.

What is the Arc of Innovation?
An economically crucial region of thirty-two communities and half a million residents, located along Route 9 and I-495 from Route 1 to Route 2, that hosts the headquarters of numerous national corporations and has an annual payroll of $13.5 billion, second only to Boston.
What is the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership?
A regional advocacy non-profit governed by municipal officials, regional employers, legislators, environmentalists, and educators that addresses the needs of the 495/MetroWest region by enhancing economic vitality and quality of life while sustaining natural resources.