Applicants must be located in or agree to locate to one of the following 30 cities and towns that make up Essex County and the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development:

Amesbury
Beverly
Boxford
Danvers
Essex
Georgetown
Gloucester
Groveland
Hamilton
Ipswich
Lynn
Lynnfield
Manchester by the Sea
Marblehead
Middleton
Nahant
Newbury
Newburyport
Peabody
Revere
Rockport
Rowley
Salem
Salisbury
Saugus
Swampscott
Topsfield
Wenham
West Newbury
Winthrop