WELCOME TO WORCESTER!
                                              
"One of America's Top 10 Livable Cities!"
                - Forbes Magazine, April 2009

Worcester is #9 in Forbes magazine's Spring 2009 survey of America's Most Livable Cities!  Click to read!

Five-time winner of the All-American City Award. Second largest city in New England. Worcester is a great place to live and work! Those who live here know all about Worcester's gravitational pull. People who come tend to stay. People who leave seem to always be drawn back.

Worcester's central location in the Heart of the Commonwealth makes it ideal for visits to favorite New England attractions. It's only a 45-minute drive to Boston, an hour to Newport, 90 minutes to Cape Cod, and 3 hours to NYC. Home to ten colleges and universities, the majestic mountains and pristine lakes of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are an easy and popular day trip. 

Life in Worcester is affordable...a real urban environment without the hassles of the big city. From minor-league baseball teams like the Worcester Tornadoes to the eloquent Worcester Art Museum, we've got it all. If you can ski in the mountains or sun at the beach in less than an hour, then you know you're in Worcester!

WORCESTER "FUN FACTS"

- The typewriter, sewing machine, shredded wheat, the ballpoint pen and the "smiley face" were all invented in Worcester!
- Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, was cloned in Worcester.
- The first radio station to play a Beatles song in the U.S. was in, you guessed it, Worcester!
- In 1847, the first commerical valentine was mass produced in Worcester.  
- Worcester is the home of the second oldest First Night celebration. 

WORCESTER LINKS  

City of Worcester official site 
DCU Center
Discover Worcester
Worcester School System 
Worcester Magazine
Worcester's Restaurant Guide
Worcester School System
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Online 

WORCESTER ATTRACTIONS

Central Massachusetts Visitors and Convention Bureau
Davis Farmland & Mega Maze
EcoTarium 
Foothills Theater
Hanover Theater
Higgins Armory Museum
Mechanics Hall 
Tower Hill Botanic Gardens
Worcester Art Museum 
Worcester Center for Crafts
Worcester Public Library
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce 
Worcester Tornadoes (minor league baseball team)