MetroWest is a cluster of cities and towns lying west of Boston and east of Worcester , in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . The name was coined in the 1980s by a local newspaper.
74-625: While regional definitions vary, the MetroWest Economic Research Center at Framingham State University defines MetroWest as the nine communities of Ashland , Framingham , Holliston , Hopkinton , Natick , Sherborn , Southborough , Sudbury , and Wayland , representing a total population of approximately 209,682. With the exception of Southborough, in Worcester County , these towns are part of Middlesex County . The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce has
148-467: A Super Stop & Shop just north of Route 30. It now includes the original area plus parts of Old Connecticut Path., Concord St. (Route 126), and Speen St. north of Route 30. Because of the size and complexity of this area, Framingham and Natick cooperatively operate it as a single distinct district with similar zoning . The area is one of the largest shopping districts in New England . The area
222-604: A representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017, and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1, 2018. Before it transitioned, it had been the largest town by population in Massachusetts. The city has one of the largest Brazilian American populations in the United States, with a considerable Brazilian presence since the 1980s. Prior to European colonization ,
296-627: A 2006 Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award in the Restoration and Rehabilitation Category. In addition, several retail and housing projects involving the Arcade Building and the former Dennison Building Complex are in the planning stages or under construction. The business section on the West Side of Framingham runs primarily along Route 9, starting at Temple St., and is dominated by two large office/industrial parks:
370-516: A Boston map, that the name had to include the word, "West," since the region's towns were west of Boston. Also, he said he was the health/environmental reporter at the newspaper at the time, and his job affected his values. He thought of the American West as wild and natural, and hoped that the area west of Boston would maintain its natural heritage of some open space, conservation areas, river corridors, wildlife habitats, and clean air and water,
444-516: A contest to name its coverage area in 1983; MetroWest, reporter Greg Supernovich's suggestion, beat out competitors such as "Databelt" (a nod to the region's high-tech industry). The newspaper incorporated the regional name into its own name in 1999. Supernovich said he chose the name, MetroWest, for a number of reasons. One of those was geography. Both the North Shore and South Shore around Boston were lasting names, so he concluded, after studying
518-404: A financial downturn after the closure of these facilities during the late 1980s. An influx of Hispanic and Brazilian immigrants helped to revitalize the district starting in the early 2000s. Along with Brazilian and Spanish oriented retail shops, there are restaurants, legal and financial services, the city offices and library, police headquarters, a performing arts center, and the local branch of
592-706: A large increase in population and housing. Much of the housing constructed during that time consisted of split-level and ranch-style houses. Framingham is known for the Framingham Heart Study , as well as for the Dennison Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1844 as a jewelry and watch box manufacturing company by Aaron Lufkin Dennison , who became the pioneer of the American System of Watch Manufacturing at
666-402: A model that would create a safe and healthy place for its residents. Yes, he said, he understood the importance of business and commerce as the major contributors of jobs and economic vitality to the region, but he hoped they would pursue their interests with social responsibility to protect people's health and the environment. As for "Metro", he said it was clear at the time he chose the name that
740-591: A new MathWorks facility. Sealtest had a manufacturing facility in Framingham which was used by Breyers from 1964 to 2011 The downtown area is between Memorial Square, formed by the intersection of Concord St. and Union Ave., to the north, and its mirror intersection at the junction of Irving St. and Hollis St. on the south end. The area is bisected by Waverly St. (Route 135) and the MBTA Commuter Rail tracks. The anchoring structure of Downtown
814-479: A police department. The Framingham School Department can trace its roots back to 1706, when the town hired its first schoolmaster , Deacon Joshua Hemenway. Although Framingham had its first schoolmaster, it did not get its own public school building until 1716. The first high school, the Framingham Academy, opened its doors in 1792; however, this school was eventually closed due to financing issues and
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#1732787867152888-657: A radio station WDJM-FM on 91.3 FM. Total enrollment (Fall 2021): 4,495 total (3,213 undergraduate and 1,282 graduate students) Framingham State University fields 14 varsity athletic teams (6 men's, 8 women's) competing at the NCAA Division III level and 4 club athletic teams (1 men's, 2 women's, 1 co-ed) that compete in various leagues. The athletic teams are known as the Framingham State Rams . Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham ( / ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / )
962-490: A service area that includes these nine towns plus Westborough . The 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership calls the region the "Arc of Innovation" because it is and has been home to many of Massachusetts' largest and fastest growing companies since the 1970s. In addition to the nine towns mentioned above, 26 other municipalities in Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester counties are included in the 495 /MetroWest area as defined by
1036-658: A strip mall named Shoppers World. There are also seven hotels and two car dealerships located within the Triangle. In addition to retail properties, there are large office developments in the area including several companies headquartered in the triangle; the world headquarters of TJX is at the junction of Route 30 and Speen St, as is the main office of IDG and IDC . The American Cancer Society has an office in Framingham. A Carling Brewery began operations in 1956, ending in 1975. Their buildings later housed Prime Computer and Boston Scientific before demolition in 2018 for
1110-505: Is $ 105 million, and the school has 775 full and part-time employees. Framingham State University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Framingham State University has an Office of Student Involvement and Leadership Development and a Center for Inclusive Excellence. It has a relatively small campus which sits on roughly 77 acres (31 ha). Framingham State University also owns and operates
1184-671: Is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers 25 square miles (65 km ) with a population of 72,362 in 2020 , making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from
1258-727: Is a public university in Framingham, Massachusetts . The university, then known as the Normal School in Lexington was founded in 1839 as the first state-supported normal school in the United States before becoming a full-fledged university. It offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate programs, including MBA , MEd , and MS . As the first secretary of the newly created Board of Education in Massachusetts , Horace Mann instituted school reforms that included
1332-450: Is led by an eleven-member Board of Trustees. The governor appoints nine trustees to five-year terms, renewable once. The Framingham State University Alumni Association elects one trustee for a single five-year term. Finally, the student body elects one student trustee for a one-year term. In addition to five full board meetings each year, which are open to the public, the board also meets in standing committees. The university's annual budget
1406-551: Is located on the 282-foot (86-meter) high Bare Hill (also known as Normal Hill) and provides views of Boston, Massachusetts 20 miles (32 kilometers) away. In 2007, the school signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. That year, Massachusetts issued Executive Order No. 484, which mandated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption for all state agencies and institutions. Greenhouse gases must be reduced 80% by 2050. In 2010,
1480-531: Is served by one Interstate and four state highways : Park and ride services: Framingham's economy is predominantly derived from retail and office complexes. There are scatterings of small manufacturing facilities and commercial services such as plumbing, mechanical and electrical expected to be found in communities of its size. Framingham has three major business districts within the city, The "Golden Triangle", Downtown/South Framingham, and West Framingham. Additionally, there are several smaller business hubs in
1554-400: Is served by: Framingham has a public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel and local origination television station called Access Framingham (formerly FPAC-TV), that airs on Channel 9 Comcast , Channel 3 RCN and Channel 43 Verizon . Residents can create and produce their own television programs that reflect the personality of the community, and have them cablecast on
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#17327878671521628-577: Is the city hall, The Memorial Building. From 2015 to 2016, the whole area underwent a multimillion-dollar reconstruction of the intersection of Union Ave. and Concord St. that replaced the traffic circle with a signal-controlled intersection. Additional lights were installed at the Irving St./Hollis St. intersection, while older signals in the area were upgraded. All sidewalks in the area were to be replaced, lighting upgraded, and new amenities such as seating and bicycle racks were also installed. The project
1702-448: Is the city's physical and historic center. Formed at the junctions of Worcester Rd. (Route 9) , Pleasant St. (Route 30), High St., Main St. and Edgell Rd. the dominating presence is Framingham State University . The school has several thousand students, about one third of whom live on campus. In the late 1960s, MassHighway replaced the intersection with an overpass, depressing Route 9 below
1776-601: Is unclear as to the exact details, this would result in an outbreak of violence between the Nipmuc men and the Eames family, where Mary Eames and five children were killed. As more settlers moved to the town, it would be named Framlingham after Thomas Danforth's hometown in England. Over time, Thomas Danforth strenuously resisted petitions for incorporation of the town, which was officially incorporated in 1700, following his death
1850-616: The Battles of Lexington and Concord that followed; one of those men was wounded. In the years before the American Civil War , Framingham was an annual gathering-spot for members of the abolitionist movement. Each Independence Day from 1854 to 1865, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society held a rally in a picnic area called Harmony Grove on Farm Pond near what is now downtown Framingham. At
1924-547: The Social Security Administration . Several Asian and Indian stores and restaurants add to the rich ethnic flavor of the area, and many small businesses, restaurants and automotive-oriented shops line Waverly St. from Natick in east to Winter St. in the west. In 2006, the Fitts Market & Hemenway buildings façades underwent a restoration project; these newly renovated structures received
1998-582: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 26.4 square miles (68.5 km ), of which 25.1 square miles (65.1 km ) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km ) (4.99%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 68,318 people, 26,173 households, and 16,535 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,732.7 inhabitants per square mile (1,055.1/km ). There were 27,529 housing units, of which 1,356, or 4.9%, were vacant. The racial makeup of
2072-491: The public-access television cable TV channels. Framingham High School has a student-run television station, FHS-TV, that broadcasts locally; "Flyer News", its morning news program, has won 11 National High School Emmy Awards. The City of Framingham operates the Government Channel shown on Comcast channel 99, RCN 13/HD613, and Verizon 42. The Government Channel operation provides programming sponsored by or for
2146-569: The 1854 rally, William Lloyd Garrison burned copies of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, judicial decisions enforcing it, and the United States Constitution . Other prominent abolitionists present that day included William Cooper Nell , Sojourner Truth , Wendell Phillips , Lucy Stone , and Henry David Thoreau . During the post-World War II baby boom , Framingham, like many other suburban areas, experienced
2220-679: The 1980s, a large segment of the Brazilian population has come from the single city of Governador Valadares . Framingham's Home Rule Charter was approved by voters on April 4, 2017, and took effect on January 1, 2018. On that date, Yvonne M. Spicer was inaugurated as Framingham's first mayor. Elections are held in November of odd-numbered years, to elect a full-time mayor serving a four-year term, and an 11-member city council comprising nine district members serving two-year terms, and two at-large members serving four-year terms. The mayor replaced
2294-406: The 26,173 households, 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were headed by married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47, and the average family size
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2368-470: The 495/MetroWest Partnership: The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) divides the Boston metropolitan area into eight subregions , each with a planning committee. The MetroWest Regional Collaborative (MWRC) works with nine cities and towns: Ashland , Framingham , Holliston , Marlborough , Natick , Southborough , Wayland , Wellesley , and Weston . This list overlaps, but is not identical, to
2442-1031: The Blocks Pre-School. The school district's main offices are located in the Fuller Administration Building on Flagg Drive with additional offices at the King School on Water Street. The city also has a regional vocational high school and one regional charter school . Framingham is also home to several private schools, including Summit Montessori School, the Sudbury Valley School , one parochial school , one Jewish day school, and several specialty schools. Since 1998, when Framingham began upgrading its schools, it has performed major renovations to Cameron, Wilson, McCarthy, Fuller and Framingham High School . Two public school buildings that were mothballed due to financial issues or population drops have been leased to
2516-524: The Board of Selectmen as the chief executive, and the City Council replaced Representative Town Meeting as the legislative body. The mayor and at-large-councilors are limited to a maximum of three consecutive terms in office and district councilors are limited to six consecutive terms in office. The School Committee has ten members: one elected from each of the nine districts, serving two-year terms, and
2590-465: The City of Framingham. Commission meetings are cablecast live to inform residents and encourage participation in local government. Some of the programming provided, keeps residents abreast of road closings, construction updates, recycling efforts, public safety information, and special events in the community. The Government Channel is committed to making local government more accessible to all residents. In
2664-461: The English, was arrested with his family members and other Nipmuc men by the colonial government in 1676 for what the colony deemed treason and they were incarcerated on Deer Island . He would escape, be recaptured, and later hung on Boston Common. In January 1676, a group of Nipmuc men went to the Eames family homestead to demand that they return a stolen corn harvest. Although the historical record
2738-933: The Framingham Industrial Park on the north side of Route 9 and another park on the south side, both on the Framingham/Ashland/Southborough border. Bose , Staples and Applause have their world headquarters in these parks, as does convenience store chain Cumberland Farms ; in addition, Netezza , Genzyme , Capital One , CA Technologies , ITT Tech and the local paper, The MetroWest Daily News , all have major facilities there. Two of Framingham's seven major auto dealerships are also in West Framingham. The large tracts of multi-story apartment and condominium complexes line both sides of Route 9 from Temple St. to
2812-592: The Hemenway School in Nobscot. Saxonville is the home of the former Roxbury Carpet Company mill complex buildings (originally powered by the adjoining Sudbury River ), now an industrial park, and is one of the city's historical districts. Framingham is served by MetroWest Medical Center (formerly Framingham Union Hospital, which also includes Leonard Morse Hospital campus in Natick ) The City of Framingham
2886-522: The Metrowest Jewish Day School (at the former Juniper Hill Elementary) and Mass Bay Community College (at the former Farley Middle school). Several schools that were no longer being used were sold off, including Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Washington. Framingham has three colleges, including Framingham State University and Massachusetts Bay Community College 's Framingham Campus. Framingham is approximately halfway between Worcester,
2960-773: The Route 30 Mall (1970), an AMC Framingham 15 , the Framingham Mall (1978, rebuilt 2000), and Lowe's (formerly the Verizon Building, 2006). Complementary developments in Natick include the Natick Mall (1966, rebuilt in 1991, expanded 2007 & renamed Natick Collection), Sherwood Plaza (1960), Cloverleaf Marketplace (1978), and the Home Depot . In 1994, Shoppers' World was demolished and replaced with
3034-619: The area was John Stone who established a farm on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. In 1660, Thomas Danforth , an official of the Bay Colony received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" and began to accumulate over 15,000 acres (100 km ). Between 1675 and 1676, King Philip's War created great tensions between English settlers and the Nipmuc people in the area. During this time, Nipmuc leader Tantamous , who lived on Nobscot Hill and who resisted Christianization by
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3108-482: The cities and towns west of Boston would continue to grow as part of a metropolitan Boston area. Lastly, he noted that he liked the sound of "MetroWest", and its modern look of combining two words to create a new word/concept. (Supernovich, 2014) Originally, "MetroWest" was newspaper and real estate agent shorthand for " Framingham - Natick area", but a 1998 article in The Boston Globe showed, by examining
3182-399: The city was 71.9% White , 5.8% Black , 0.3% Native American , 6.3% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 10.9% from some other race , and 4.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.4% of the population (4.7% Puerto Rican , 1.8% Guatemalan , 1.5% Salvadoran , 1.1% Dominican , 0.9% Mexican , 0.6% Colombian , 0.3% Peruvian ). (Source: 2010 Census Quickfacts) Of
3256-622: The commercial center of Central Massachusetts, and Boston, New England's leading port and metropolitan area. Rail and highway facilities connect these major centers and other communities in the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area. The closest airport with scheduled international passenger traffic is Boston's Logan International Airport , 25 miles (40 km) from Framingham. Worcester Regional Airport , about 27 miles (43 km) away, began scheduled flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando in November 2013. Framingham
3330-637: The creation of an experimental normal school , the first one in the United States, in Lexington , in July 1839. The initial name of the school was the Normal School in Lexington . Cyrus Peirce was its first principal or president. A second normal school was opened in September 1839 in West Barre (the school later moved to Westfield ) followed by Bridgewater State College the next year. Growth forced
3404-561: The first normal school's relocation to West Newton in 1843, where it was firstly named the Normal School in West Newton before changing again to the State Normal School in West Newton two years later in 1845. The school would last in West Newton for only ten years before moving to its present site on Bare Hill in Framingham in 1853. At this time, the school became the State Normal School in Framingham . Nevertheless,
3478-878: The historic village hall , the Jonathan Maynard Building (a former school, now a part of the Framingham State University campus which houses the Danforth Art Museum ), the Framingham History Center (formerly the Framingham Historical Society and Museum), several banks, a Chinese restaurant, the American Medical Response paramedic station and McCarthy Office Building. The village of Nobscot, at
3552-486: The industrial parks. These buildings represent the majority of Framingham's multi-family dwellings, and along with the business complexes, helped create a large network of support services on the West Side: a supermarket, dozens of restaurants and pubs, hotels and a large day-care facility all are in the two-mile (3 km) section of Route 9 from Temple St. to Ashland . The Framingham Centre Common Historic District
3626-473: The intersection of Water St., Edmands Rd. and Edgell Rd. near Nobscot Hill , and the Pinefield/Saxonville villages, located where Concord St., Water St., and Central St. intersect, are home to several small office buildings, strip malls and gas stations. in 2016, the town moved its satellite branch of the public library named for Christa McAuliffe from Saxonville to a new facility across from
3700-592: The legality of the town providing funds for a private school. The first town-operated high school opened in 1852, and has been in operation continuously in numerous locations throughout the town. Framingham has 14 public schools which are part of the Framingham Public School District. These include Framingham High School , three middle schools (Walsh, Fuller, and Cameron), nine elementary schools (Barbieri, Brophy, Dunning, Hemenway, King, McCarthy, Potter Road, Stapleton, Harmony Grove), and
3774-558: The local phonebook , how accepted the term had become in less than ten years: In the 1998 edition, there are 88 [listings], from Metro West Christian Academy in Ashland to Metrowest Urology in Natick, including such big names as Metrowest Bank, MetroWest Medical Center and the Metrowest Economic Research Center at Framingham State College. On Beacon Hill, there is a Metrowest Legislative Caucus. By 2006,
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#17327878671523848-540: The local roads, and destroying the south half of the old Center retail district. The remaining half houses several small stores, restaurants, realtors and legal offices. The old Boston and Worcester Street Railway depot, on the east side of the center, was converted into a strip mall in the early 1980s and houses the Center Postal Station (01703) and several small stores. The center is rounded out by One and Two Edgell Rd. (two small retail/office buildings),
3922-466: The mayor, who serves as a tenth member and may only vote to break a tie. The Board of Library Trustees and the Board of Cemetery Trustees have also elected positions serving for four-year terms, with half the membership elected at alternating municipal elections. The Charter provides for an automatic review of the Charter five years after its adoption and periodically thereafter. The city maintains
3996-640: The name had gained such widespread acceptance in Massachusetts—and was so synonymous with prosperous businesses—that the airport commission in Worcester , a half-hour drive west of Framingham, suggested changing the name of the city's airport from Worcester Regional Airport to "Worcester-MetroWest-Boston Airport". The MetroWest Regional Transit Authority was formed in 2006. In Western Massachusetts , The Republican newspaper in Springfield uses
4070-458: The nearby Waltham Watch Company . His brother Eliphalet Whorf Dennison developed the company into a sizable industrial complex which merged in 1990 into Avery Dennison , with headquarters in Pasadena, California , and active corporate offices in the town. In 2000, Framingham celebrated its Tercentennial . Framingham soon rose to become the largest town in Massachusetts, commonly referred to by
4144-558: The nearby hills. The ancient Native trail later known as the Old Connecticut Path also ran through this area. During the initial period of colonization of the region by Puritan settlers, the Nipmuc suffered a rapid decline in population due to the introduction of foreign infectious diseases to which they had no immunity and violence related to settler colonialism. Many of the Nipmuc people were forced into praying towns including nearby Natick. The first European settler in
4218-556: The northeast, Interstate 495 on the north and west, and Interstate 95 on the east and south, stretching as far north as Westford and Chelmsford , and as far northeast as Wilmington . The MetroWest Daily News , based in Framingham (MetroWest's most populous town), circulates in most of the towns in MetroWest. The newspaper, formerly called the Middlesex News , South Middlesex News , and Framingham Evening News , held
4292-522: The other lists. The MetroWest Daily News indicates its service area by listing 14 communities at the bottom of its web site: Ashland , Framingham , Holliston , Hopkinton , Hudson , Marlborough , Natick , Northborough , Shrewsbury , Southborough , Sudbury , Wayland , Westborough , and Weston . Again, this list overlaps but is not identical to any of the other lists. Yellow Book 's MetroWest edition defines MetroWest as all cities and towns completely or partially enclosed by Interstate 93 on
4366-427: The people of Framingham as "The largest town in the country." Framingham had attempted to become a city on three prior occasions 1993, 1997, and 2013, all of which were rejected by the people of Framingham. However, on January 1, 2018, Framingham became a city and Yvonne M. Spicer was inaugurated as its first mayor, thus becoming the first popularly elected African-American female mayor in Massachusetts. According to
4440-447: The previous year. Why the "L" was dropped from the new town's name is not known. The first church was organized in 1701, the first teacher was hired in 1706, and the first permanent schoolhouse was built in 1716. On February 22, 1775, the British general Thomas Gage sent two officers and an enlisted man out of Boston to survey the route to Worcester, Massachusetts . In Framingham, those spies stopped at Buckminster's Tavern. They watched
4514-400: The region around Framingham was inhabited by the indigenous Nipmuc . They lived in settlements established alongside the Washakamaug ("eel fishing place") or what is today called Farm Pond. The Nipmuc people used game management techniques through the hunting of deer and beaver, fishing in ponds and streams, as well as established growing areas for the Three Sisters (squash, corn, beans) in
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#17327878671524588-408: The school adopted a plan to convert its heating plant to natural gas and to convert its central chilled water plant to electric chillers. Framingham State University was named a "Green College" by the Princeton Review in 2010 and 2011. It was one of 22 schools in Massachusetts to receive the distinction, and one of 311 nationwide. It was named to the list again in 2013. Framingham State University
4662-469: The school adopted its current name: Framingham State University. The measure was signed into law by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on July 28, 2010. The 73-acre (30 ha) campus is located in Framingham, Massachusetts . Seven residence halls house over 1,500 students. The Henry Whittemore Library has over 200,000 volumes, Wi-Fi, access to over 70,000 electronic journals, and includes Archives and Special Collections. Framingham State University
4736-433: The school thus became the State Teachers College at Framingham . This name, however, would last only until 1945 when it was slightly adjusted to the Framingham State Teachers College . In 1960, the name changed yet again to the State College at Framingham after Bachelor of Arts degrees were added. This name was slightly adjusted five years later to just Framingham State College , the name it would subsequently take into
4810-465: The school would change its name two more times in its first decades in Framingham, becoming Framingham Normal School in 1865 and Framingham State Normal School in 1889. In 1922, the school granted its first Bachelor of Science in Education degrees in conjunction with its adoption of a four-year study program. Ten years later all Massachusetts' normal schools were renamed state teachers colleges, with degreed teachers predominating its graduating classes;
4884-487: The spring of 2016, the town of Framingham was one of the settings for the film Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombing , starring Mark Wahlberg , John Goodman , Kevin Bacon , J.K. Simmons , Michelle Monaghan , Alex Wolff , Melissa Benoist and a cameo appearance by former athlete David Ortiz . In spring 2009, Framingham was also used for the film The Company Men , starring Ben Affleck , Chris Cooper , Kevin Costner , and Tommy Lee Jones . Large parts of
4958-438: The term "Metro West" to designate the city's western suburbs (and "Metro East" on the other side of the city). The designation "MetroWest" is also used by certain regions west of metropolitan areas in other states such as New Jersey , though the term does not appear to have achieved elsewhere the level of usage it has in Massachusetts. Framingham State University Framingham State University (Framingham State or FSU)
5032-430: The town militia muster outside the building, impressed with the men's numbers but not their discipline. Though "the whole company" came into the tavern after their drill, the officers remained undetected and continued on their mission the next day. Gage did not order a march along that route, instead ordering troops to Concord, Massachusetts , on April 18–19. Framingham sent two militia companies totaling about 130 men into
5106-404: The twenty first century. In subsequent years, Masters' of Education, Arts, and Science degrees were added as well, remaining a part of the school's curriculum today. In 2007, the college began offering the Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree. In October 2010, seven of the state colleges became state universities, unaffiliated with the University of Massachusetts system; at this time,
5180-400: The villages of Framingham Center, Saxonville, Nobscot, and along the Route 9 corridor. The Golden Triangle was originally a three square mile district on the eastern side of Framingham, bordered by Worcester Rd. (Route 9), Cochituate Rd. (Route 30), and Speen Street in Natick . In 1993, the area began to expand beyond the borders of the triangle with construction of a BJ's Wholesale Club and
5254-417: Was $ 84,050, and the median income for a family was $ 101,078. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 61,659, versus $ 54,714 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 38,917. About 7.5% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. Brazilian immigrants have a major presence in Framingham. Since
5328-399: Was 3.03. As of 2010, 20.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.8% were from 18 to 24, 30.0% were from 25 to 44, 25.8% were from 45 to 64, and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. In 2017, the estimated median income for a household in the city
5402-534: Was formed with the construction of Shoppers World in 1951. Shoppers' World was a large open air shopping mall, the second in the US and the first east of the Mississippi River . The mall drew many other retail construction projects to the area, including Marshalls (1961, rebuilt as Bed Bath & Beyond 1997), Caldor (1966, Rebuilt as Wal-Mart in 2002), Bradlees (1960s, rebuilt as Kohl's in 2002),
5476-414: Was scheduled to begin in 2012 but has been delayed to 2014–2015. Further delays pushed the project into 2015 due to needed electrical utility upgrades and replacement. South Framingham became the commercial center of the town with the advent of the railroad in the 1880s. It eventually came to house Dennison Manufacturing and the former General Motors Framingham Assembly plant, but the area underwent
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