Westwood

Westwood is an established Community of more than 14,000 people, located just 12 miles southwest of Boston. Situated at the junction of Routes 95/128 and 93, Westwood provides an excellent location for its residents and its businesses. Two commuter rail lines, along with full MBTA bus service an Routes 1, 1A and 109 make getting back and forth a quick ride.

Westwood is most recognized for the quality of its schools, which helps give this beautiful hamlet the reputation of being perfect for raising a family. More than 25,000 children currently live in Westwood, attending several schools in the Community. Westwood is home to five stellar public elementary schools, the Edmund W. Thurston public Middle School, and the recently construction and refurbished Westwood High School, initially established in 1957 but re-built with state of the art facilities at a whopping $45 million. In Westwood, students get the best.

The High School's facilities include an artificial turf field with a synthetic track and yes, it's open to the entire Community of Westwood so that all can enjoy. Westwood is also home to the prestigious prep school, Xaverian Brothers High School. Students from Westwood consistently score in the top percentiles on national tests, and the overwhelming majority of students graduating from the High School go on to higher education. The town also encourages and maintains many recreational areas and facilities, including numerous conservation areas, playgrounds, ball fields, and an indoor pool facility.

Westwood boasts two libraries, a senior center, the public School Street playground, and numerous Community-sponsored events for the town's residents.

Westwood currently has 75 retail stores and over 130 commercial/industrial businesses located within the town proper. Westwood's town services are excellent, with water from the Dedham-Westwood Water District, sewer service from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, and natural gas from Algonquin Gas. In fact, Westwood is one of the most coveted areas of Massachusetts ranked 13th on CNN Money magazine's list of 100 Best Places to Live in the United States in July 2005. The median income for families living in Westwood was $103,242 in the 2000 census, with $87,394 coming is as the median income for a single household.

Tempt your palate at one of Westwood's fine restaurants there are more than fifty in the town and surrounding vicinity. Cafes, Asian cuisine, Chinese food, steak houses, sushi, seafood bars, and fine dining establishments will have your taste buds dancing and it's all available in the beautiful Community of Westwood.

This historic area was originally settled back in 1640, part of Dedham and named West Dedham. Two hundred years later, Westwood was officially born under its own name. Let younger females in the family join the Westwood Young Women's Club, http://www.wywc.org/ a group that works together on charitable actions and Community events for the town of Westwood.

Want to live in a Community that really feels like a Community? A town that puts children and education on the list of top priorities? A place where people are friendly, shopping is plentiful, and living is good? Then you want to take a closer look at the beautiful, busting little town of Westwood. Close enough to Boston so that you can enjoy all the culture and experiences you'd ever want, but far enough away from big city life so that small-town living is possible.

Create a better life for your family, and enjoy the homey feel of beautiful Westwood. Want fine living, fine dining, fine schools, fine parks, and neighbors that actually know your name? You can have it all in Westwood, one of the most desirable places to live in all of Massachusetts and the rest of the country.

Many of those who live in Westwood commute to Boston for work, enjoying the best of both worlds. Big city sophistication, small town friendliness, and all the Community events you'll need to keep a growing family busy it just doesn't get any better than Westwood. So take a stroll down the shaded sidewalks, stop for a bite in one of the chic cafes, enjoy the lush scenery of the public parks, read up on town history in the library, and enjoy the variety of shopping you'll find up and down town streets.