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The mission for the Town of Ashland Economic Development office is to effectively engage residents with accurate, transparent, and insightful dialogue, bridging the communications between the administration’s objectives or positions, with understanding the needs of local residents.
Vision is to increase engagements through capitalizing on social media platforms, utilizing the local cable station, and sustaining interpersonal relationships.
Core Values include transparency, accuracy, respect, professionalism, sincerity
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Town of Ashland Residents Guide to Ashland
This booklet is the perfect guide to welcome you to our community. Each page is full of essential details from each municipal department, with a special page devoted to our school system. It's the perfect booklet to keep handy in your home.
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2022
2018
Ashland Access
Welcome to the third edition of Ashland Access! This publication aims to increase communication from our Town offices to you.
This edition will only be available digitally and will not be mailed out. In the future, we intend to physical print and mail out the issues to residents.
While we live in a digital world and utilize social media and digital newsletters to communicate with you on a daily basis, we also understand the power of holding information tangibly in your hands. This publication fulfills our goal to prioritize printed communications to access more community members. In addition to this printed newsletter, a digital copy will remain on our town website in the link below. This easy-to-read digital format will be eligible for downloading and printing at any time from your home or our local library and community center.
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July 2022 (Inaugural Issue)Fall 2022
Spring 2023
Local Town Pages
We work closely with Our Town Publishing to provide local information right to your doorsteps. Local Town Pages is a monthly publication drafted by unbiased reporters employed by Gannet. The Town of Ashland is grateful for the community partnership and the opportunities this print medium provides.
Access digital versions of previous editions of the paper.
Visit the Ashland Town News website, here
Sign up for our digital newsletters
Click on the individual pictures to access the sign-up forms for the various newsletters communicating messages throughout the community.
Read this year's newsletters from our Town Manager:
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Previous newsletters
Town Manager Newsletters in 2022
- Town Manager's Newsletters in 2021
- Town Manager's Newsletters March- December 2020
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The Town of Ashland Guidelines and Best Practices
for the Use of Social Media
The Town of Ashland created social media accounts for various departments to effectively engage residents with accurate, transparent, and insightful dialogue bridging communication between administration and residents.
Social Media Disclaimer
Town of Ashland Department Accounts
*Reminder these accounts are public. You do not need an account with any of these social media platforms to view the content on any of these pages.*
Department | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube |
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Town Hall | @TownofAshlandMA | @TownofAshlandMA | @ashlandmass | |
Ashland Biz Buzz | @ashlandbizbuzz | @ashlandbizbuzz | ||
Corner Spot | @cornerspotashland | @cornerspotashland | @cornerspot01721 | |
Ashland DPW | @dpwashland | |||
Ashland Public Library | @ashlandpubliclibraryma | @ashlandpubliclibraryma | @ashlandlibma | Ashland Public Library MA |
Ashland Recreation | @ashlandrec | @ashlandrecreation | ||
Ashland Senior Center | @ashlandseniorcenter | Ashland Senior Center | ||
Ashland Human Services | @ashlandyouthandfamilyservices | |||
Ashland is Dementia Friendly | @ashlandisdementiafriendly |
Other Accounts privately managed include the Ashland Fire Department and the Ashland Police Department.