Chelmsford Business Association ...

The Chelmsford Business Association is a group of nearly 300 member businesses that operate in the Town of Chelmsford. The organization of the Association includes officers and a Board of Directors. It was established in 1990 by a group of business people who were concerned with the many issues of owning and operating a business in the town of Chelmsford.

They saw the importance of having a strong representation and a good working relationship with the town officials. Tax classification was always a major focus of our association. Over the life of the association, the board has worked diligently with town officials to reduce the differential between business and residential tax classification, and succeeded first when classification was lowered from 5% to 2% and then when it was recently eliminated altogether. In the fall of 1998, the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, with strong support from the CBA, voted to eliminate tax classification.