Springfield is home of the Basketball Hall of Fame and has many nicknames: The City of Firsts • The City of Progress • The City of Homes • A City in the Forest • Hoop City.
Springfield was founded on May 14, 1636 and incorporated on May 25, 1852 as the first Springfield in the New World. It’s home to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a shrine to the world’s second most popular sport, basketball. Located in the city where basketball was invented.
Springfield’s Club Quarter is the nightlife capital of the Pioneer Valley and the Knowledge Corridor, featuring approximately 60 dance clubs, bars, music venues, LGBT venues, gift shops and after-hours establishments.
In general, most clubs, bars, music venues, and other nightspots are located on or near upper Worthington Street, on and around Stearns Square, or on Chestnut Street.
Today, the City of Springfield embraces unity, cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity as a growing vibrant education-oriented business community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses.
As a business-friendly historic community, the City of Springfield welcomes all culturally inspiring residents, online technology entrepreneurs, teachers, educators, business startups, founders, job creators, active achievers, and value-based businesses.
The City of Springfield is in a fast growing metro area for new value-added businesses. In the spirit of enterprising early settlers, Springfield is in an ideal developing location where local individual creativity can thrive and where inspiring and creative self-starter entrepreneurs can create their own dream business online or offline.
Business startups in retail sales, clothing, fashion, makeup, 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!