Editing Marlborough, Massachusetts (section)

==Economy==
Marlborough is home to many businesses, stores and restaurants.

The revitalized southwestern corner of the city – locally known as the "Southwest Quadrant" – features numerous office parks and corporate buildings clustered together in a busy industrial core dotted along Forest Street, Cedar Hill Street, Simarano Drive, Ames Street, D’Angelo Drive and Campus Drive (serving The Campus at Marlborough property) with easy access to the [[Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|Interstate 495]] highway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/526120 |title=Commonwealth Awards $1.6 Million Infrastructure Grant to Marlborough |publisher=Marlborough Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved November 7, 2013.}}</ref> The city’s recent growth of suburban office park infrastructure adjacent to Interstate 495 – which is commonly known as Greater Boston’s outer circumferential highway – is a strategic land usage format comparable to the city of [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], which itself has many office parks adjacent to the region’s inner circumferential highway of [[Massachusetts Route 128|Massachusetts State Route 128]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/east-valley/2014/02/16/i-495-corridor-transformed/39011283007/ |title=I-495 corridor transformed |publisher=Telegram & Gazette; article correspondent is Mark Sullivan. Retrieved February 16, 2014.}}</ref>

The [[Marlborough Center Historic District]] – focused primarily on Main Street in the heart of the city’s downtown area – features restaurants, hair salons, barber shops, insurance agencies and many other businesses.

===Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce===
The Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce is the local [[chamber of commerce]] for Marlborough and five other surrounding towns in MetroWest Massachusetts. The chamber represents the business needs of over 650 businesses and thousands of employees in the area and is headquartered in the city.

The Chamber of Commerce's role has included working with the [[MetroWest Regional Transit Authority]] to improve transportation options and to obtain recognition for Marlborough's Downtown Village as a cultural district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marlboroughedc.com/2012/10/marlborough%E2%80%99s-downtown-recognized-as-a-cultural-district/ |title=Marlborough's downtown recognized as a cultural district |publisher=Marlborough Economic Development Corporation |date=2012-10-12 |access-date=2014-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111063910/http://marlboroughedc.com/2012/10/marlborough%E2%80%99s-downtown-recognized-as-a-cultural-district/ |archive-date=2014-11-11 }}</ref>