Wareham has identified nine sites for economic development including a proposed conference center, village centers, commercial strips, industrial park and several interchange locations. These site are composed of Economic Opportunity Areas and Priority Development Areas. Principal highways are Route 6, Route 28 and Route 25 which connects to Interstate 495. The individual site sheets will display a site plan or photo as they become available. For more information on Wareham click here community profile .
Location: Off Onset Avenue at the Intersection of Long Neck Road and Cahoon Street
Total Acreage: 10
Zoning: Conference Recreational
Permitted Use: Service and Business
Highway Access:
@ Route 6
3.25 miles to Route 28
1 mile to I-495
4 miles to Interchange of I-495 and I-195
Rail: CSX, freight line
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
54 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
70 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identified as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: Main Street, Elm Street to Wareham River between Aganwan River and Main Street (southwest side)
Zoning: Village Center Business District
Permitted Use: Service and Business
Highway Access:
@ Route 6 (Main Street)
5 miles to Route 28
3 mile to I-495
4 miles to Interchange of I-495 and I-195
Rail: Bay Colony, freight line
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
54 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
70 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identified as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: Extending along Onset Avenue from Union Street to Pecan Street between Eleventh Street and Holly Street
Zoning: Commercial
Permitted Use: Business, Office and Service
Highway Access:
.5 miles to Route 6
1.25 miles to Route 28
1.5 miles to I-495
2.75 miles to the Interchange of I-495 and I-195
Rail: No
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
55 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
68 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identified as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: From the intersection Routes 6 and 28 extending south along (Cranberry Highway) Route 6 to Wareham/Bourne Line
Zoning: Strip Commercial
Permitted Use: Business, Office and Service
Highway Access:
@ Route 6 (Cranberry Highway)
@ Route 28
.25 miles to I-495
Rail: Bay Colony, freight line
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
52.75 to Logan International Airport, Boston
65 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identified as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: Wareham Industrial District, from the south side of I-495 (after Exit 2) heading southwesterly to Bay Colony freight line, south along the freight line to its intersection with Main Street, along Main Street to the west side of I-195, north along I-195 to the intersection of I-495 heading north on the south side of I-495 to a point before Exit 2. The District encompasses the Wareham Industrial Park, Cranberry Industrial and Bliss Corporate Park (vacant).
Total Acreage: 106 (WIP)
Zoning: Industrial
Permitted Use: Light Manufacturing, Processing, Assembly, Warehousing, Distribution and R&D
Highway Access:
@ Interchange of I-495 and I-195
@ Route 28
3.5 miles to Route 6
Rail: Bay Colony, freight line
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
51.75 to Logan International Airport, Boston
63 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identifed as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: At Rochester/Wareham Line, Exit 2 on I-495 and Route 28
Zoning: Commercial
Permitted Use: Business, Office and Service
Highway Access:
@ the Interchange of I-495 and Route 58
.25 miles to Route 28
3.5 miles to Route 6
2.25 miles to Interchange I-495 and I-195
Rail: No
Bus: No
Airport Distance:
51 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
63 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham is a designated Economic Target Area and the site is a designated Economic Opportunity Area. In addition the site is identifed as a Priority Development Area. State and local tax incentives, public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: Exit 21, at I-195 and Route 28 (South Wareham)
Zoning: Commercial
Permitted Use: Business, Office and Service
Highway Access:
@ Interstate 195 and Route 28
.5 miles Interstate 495 (Route 25)
1 mile to Route 6
Rail: No
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
51 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
64 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham has identified this site as a Priority Development Area. Public funding and streamlined permitting are available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: At Maple Spring Road Exit off Route 25
Zoning: Strip Commercial
Permitted Use: Business, Office and Service
@ Route 25, 6 and 28 Interchange
1.5 miles to I-495
Rail: No
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route, aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
52.75 miels to Logan International Airport, Boston
65 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham has identified thsi site as a Priority Development Area. Public funding and streamlined permitting maybe available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us
Location: North of Route 25 and Maple Springs Road, heading north along Maple Spring Road (adjacent to Mill Pond) to a point 1.25 miles then heading east to a point .25 miles from Charge Pond Roadm the heading north parallel to Charge Pond Road to Plymouth Line, then heading east along the Line to a point .25 miles west of Glen Charlie Pond, then head south 1.25 miles to a point on Glen Charlie Pond, then heading southwesterly to a point between Mills Pond and Maple Springs Road, then heading south to a point .5 miles north of Route 25, then heading west crossing Maple Spring Road, then Heading south along Maple Springs Road to its intersection with Route 25.
Total Acreage: 115
Zoning: Residential 130 and Strip Commercial
Permitted Use: Residential Business, Office and Service
Highway Access:
@ Route 25
.25 miles to Route 28
.5 miles to Route 6
2 miles to Route 25 and Interstate 195 Interchange
Rail: No
Bus: Greater Attleboro/Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) fixed route (partial), aka Onset/Wareham Link (OWL)
Airport Distance:
52 miles to Logan International Airport, Boston
65 miles to Green Airport, Warwick
Electric Provider: NSTAR Electric
Water Provider: Municipal
Gas Provider: NSTAR Gas
Sewer Provider: Municipal
Fiber Optics: Yes
The Town of Wareham has identified thsi site as a Priority Development Area. Public funding and streamlined permitting maybe available to qualified projects.
Marilyn Whalley, Director
Wareham Community Development Authority
Old Town Hall
505 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Tel: 508-295-9344
E-mail: mwhalley@wareham.ma.us