Devens, Massachusetts Devens, Massachusetts Devens, Massachusetts, is a county-wide enterprise zone and census-designated place in the suburbs of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S.
It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that directed from 1917 to 1996.
In 2011, the CDP tried to secede from Ayer, Shirley, and Harvard and turn into the 352nd town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts but floundered the vote, Some inhabitants are still looking to suceed to turn into a town.
The region directed as Fort Devens from 1917 to 1996.
In that time, a formerly sleepy region was advanced into a fort that was later redeveloped into the industrialized area of Devens.
Army post which resided at Fort Devens was officially closed in 1996 after 79 years of service.
The process for territory distribution for all parcels on the former Fort Devens allowed the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Shriver Job Corps, Massachusetts National Guard, Massachusetts Veterans and Mass - Development to acquire the land.
Mass - Development is a quasi-public evolution authority that has been given the task of turning Devens into a residentiary and company community.
On the political side, a elected disposition process has been ongoing since 2003, charged with determining the future governance of Devens.
On October 24, 2006, a vote to confirm the disposition recommendation for future governance was voted down by 2 of the 6 stakeholders, the adjoining suburbs of Harvard and Ayer (residents of Shirley, the Devens residents, Mass - Development and the Devens Enterprise Commission supported the resolution).
On November 7, 2006 amid the State elections the second opportunity to vote on Devens disposition had only Harvard voting against the scenario with the suburbs of Ayer and Shirley supporting Devens as a town.
Devens's disposition will now be determined by another disposition process or by the state legislature.
Residents of Devens vote in either Harvard or Ayer but still have no propel delegates that have municipal authority in Devens.
An propel committee, the Devens Committee. that is an advisory committee to Mass - Development.
Some inhabitants living outside of Devens proper are represented by the town governments of the Towns of Ayer (northeast) and Harvard (southeast). Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge is positioned to the south side of the former Fort Devens base.
Fort Devens Historic District is positioned to the north of the former Fort Devens.
DEVENS COMMITTEE, devenscommittee.org; accessed October 20, 2016.
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Census-designated places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Census-designated places in Worcester County, Massachusetts - Villages in Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Villages in Worcester County, Massachusetts - Villages in Massachusetts - Census-designated places in Massachusetts
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