Fall River’s official motto is “We’ll Try”, dating back to the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1843. Nicknamed “The Scholarship City” after Irving Fradkin founded Dollars for Scholars there in 1958, mayor Jasiel Correia introduced the “Make It Here” slogan as part of a citywide rebranding effort in 2017.
Fall River is home of the world’s largest collection of World War II naval vessels (including the battleship USS Massachusetts). Fall River is the only city in the United States to have its city hall located over an interstate highway.
Fall River is a growing community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. Fall River is an historic business-friendly community, Fall River welcomes visitors, new residents, tech entrepreneurs, and all value-added businesses.
Fall River communities embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people and historic business-friendly communities.
Fall River is rolling out the “Welcome to Fall River” welcome mat to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and more value-added businesses.
Business startups in retail sales, clothing, fashion, music, beauty, healthcare, legal, medical services, information technology, restaurants, online sales, cleaning services, beauty salons, barber shops, and new entrepreneurs are always in demand in a local growing business community. Shop Local! Buy Local!