Helpful Links
Business Development
- Mass. Development
- Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED)
- Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)
- Mass. Small Business Development Center (MSBDC)
- New Bedford Business Park
- New Bedford Ocean Cluster
- One SouthCoast
- Service Corps of Retired Executive (SCORE)
- South Eastern Economic Development Corp. (SEED)
- Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD)
- U.S. Small Business Administration
Transportation
- New Bedford Regional Airport
- T.F. Green Airport, Providence, RI
- Logan Airport, Boston, MA
- New England Fast Ferry – Passenger Service between New Bedford & Martha’s Vineyard
- Massachusetts Steamship Authority – Passenger Service between Woods’s Hole & Martha’s Vineyard
- Cuttyhunk Ferry Company – Passenger Service between New Bedford & Cuttyhunk
College and University
The city’s downtown is home to UMass Dartmouth’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and Bristol Community College, both which provide higher-education opportunities within the city center, close to public transportation and the cultural institutions.
Education Options
Families in New Bedford have many options for educating their children from pre-school to high school. The City boasts many public, private and alternative options. View some of the options below:
- New Bedford Public Schools
- Global Learning Charter Public School
- Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School
- Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford
- Our Sisters’ School
- Alma del Mar Charter Schools
- All Saints Catholic School
- Holy Family – Holy Name School
- Saint James – Saint John School
- Nazarene Christian Academy