Business View Magazine | June 2019

360 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 to Interstates 95 and 495, and Routes 140 and 123. We also have access to TF Green Airport in Providence and Logan Airport in Boston – both can be accessed by the commuter rail. In the entire Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority rail system, we are the second largest ridership outside of Boston. “Mansfield is known for its public schools and the quality of services provided. It also has its own Electric Light Department with one of the lowest electric rates in Massachusetts. We have about 24,000 people in town, in addition to a very strong business base. Our 850-acre Cabot Business Park is the second largest campus-style industrial park in Massachusetts. Another nice attribute is our Mansfield Municipal Airport. Med Flight, a provider of emergency transport via helicopter and ambulatory service, opened their latest location, last summer, at our airport. “Mansfield is also home to the Xfinity Center which is owned by Live Nation Entertainment. It holds up to 20,000 patrons and, last summer, we were over 45 concerts strong in a 3-month period. It’s an amazing entertainment venue. In October 2017, we opened our first bio-incubator space in town; since then, its footprint has been 100 percent maximized and they’re looking to expand their square footage - proof that biotech is alive and well in other parts of Massachusetts, outside of Cambridge.” BVM: What types of planning projects are in the works? Mansfield Electric was founded in 1903 on a plot of land on West Church Street with a brick building to house the generation equipment. The goal was to provide all of the town’s electricity by two 150-horsepower American Diesel engines and to electrify 345 lights to be installed on four street lighting. Thus, the Mansfield Municipal Electric Department was born by the community to provide local, low cost, and reliable power. That same goal exists today as MMED is one of 41 public power electric utilities in Massachusetts who provide electrical service to residential and commercial customers with the one of the lowest rates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mansfield Electric is one of less than 12% of the 2,000+ public power utilities in the nation to earn the prestigious Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) designation from the American Public Power Association (APPA). The RP3 designation recognizes MMED for providing customers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service based on industry- recognized leading practices for public power utilities in four important disciplines: Reliability, Safety, Workforce Development, and System Improvement. For over a century, the mission of Mansfield Electric has been to deliver reliable, affordable, and safe public power to its ratepayers, while maintaining a tradition of dependable service, town-wide. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.mansfieldelectric.com pictured Xfinity Center