Opportunities
Business opportunities abound in Grafton. With a well-educated, well-trained workforce; an excellent regional location; and a high quality of life, Grafton has everything you need to run a successful and profitable business.
Featured Properties
Browse through some of our featured properties that are ripe for your business to move in. Can't find what you are looking for? Then please contact us and we will search through our full database of available properties. Grafton offers affordable office and industrial space, as well as an attractive housing market for employees.
Location
Ideally located in central Massachusetts, Grafton has major transportation routes to over 6 million people within a 50-mile radius. You can be to downtown Boston in less than an hour by either car or commuter rail.
- Grafton is on state routes 140, 122, 30, and 122A
- Easy access to Grafton from I-90 (Mass Pike), I-495, and U.S. 20
- Grafton has a commuter rail station on the Worcester-Framingham Line (originating from South Station in Boston)
- 25- to 45-minute drive to four airports: Worcester Airport, T. F. Green Airport, Hanscom Field and Boston Logan International Airport
Education
Grafton is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.23% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
- Grafton operates a high-performing kindergarten-through-12 school system
- Grafton is home to Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Easy access to colleges in the immediate Worcester area
Business Environment
- Single tax rate
- Expedited permitting under M.G.L. Chapter 43D
- State-designated Economic Target Area, making state and local tax incentives available
- State-designated "Platinum" BioReady Community
Quality of Life
As an integral part of the "Birth of the American Industrial Revolution," Grafton is grounded in a rich history and committed to the future. Characterized then by farms, villages, and factories, the built landscape has changed over time, particularly in the past decade, when the Town was one of the fastest growing communities in Central Massachusetts. Fortunately, the Town has taken active measures to support its historic landscapes. In addition, the town has the Grafton Land Trust which independently, and in partnership with the Town, has worked to preserve significant open space and promote its active use.
Documents
- Centech Park - Opportunity for Development (PDF)
- Coronavirus Emergency Loans (PDF)
- Fishervill Mill - Opportunity for Development - Pre-Permitted (PDF)
- Grafton Science Park - Opportunity for Development- Pre-Permitted 661,000 Square Feet (PDF)
- Guide to SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loans (PDF)
- Guide to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (PDF)
- One Page Business Plan - February 24th, 7 pm (PDF)
- Opportunity for Development - Pre-Permitted (PDF)
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Economic Development Commission
Physical Address
30 Providence Road
Grafton Municipal Center
Grafton, MA 01519
Phone: 508-839-5335, ext. 1405Fax: 508-839-4602
Town Administrator phone: 508-839-5335, ext. 1180
Planning Department phone: 508-839-5335, ext. 1120