Lowell was named after its visionary leader, Francis Cabot Lowell. It was settled in 1652 and incorporated as a city in 1836. Lowell’s nicknames: Mill City • Spindle City • City of Lights • City of Magic. Lowell’s motto is “Art is the Handmaid of Human Good.”
Lowell is a growing community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Lowell welcomes visitors, new residents, tech entrepreneurs, and all value-added businesses.
The City of Lowell communities embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people and historic business-friendly communities.
Lowell is rolling out the “Welcome to Lowell” 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!