AdCare Massachusetts
Training Site Directions

All sites are handicapped accessible unless otherwise noted

Auburn

Ramada Inn
624 Southbridge St. (Route 12)
Auburn, MA
(508) 832-3221
From the Mass Pike (I-90): Take exit 10 Auburn, off the turnpike, follow the signs for Route 12 North; follow exit ramp - the hotel is a 1/2 mile down on the left.
From Route 495: Take I-495 toward Worcester to the Mass Pike. Take Exit 10 off the turnpike, follow the signs for Route 12 North; follow exit ramp, the hotel is 1/2 mile down on the left.
From Route 190: Take I-190 toward Worcester, to Route 290 West. Take Exit 8 (Route 12 South Webster). Turn left at the end of ramp; then turn right at traffic light. The Ramada will be immediately on your right.
From Route 290 (from Worcester): Go West on Route 290. Take Exit 8 (Route 12 South Webster). Turn lleft at the end of ramp; then turn right at traffic light. The Ramada will be immediately on your right.

Best Western Yankee Drummer Inn
(Route 12) Southbridge Street
Auburn, MA
(508) 832-3221
From the West (Springfield area): Take Mass Pike East (Route 90 East) to exit 10 Auburn. After toll booth, follow the signs to Route 12 North. Follow exit ramp - hotel is 1/2 mile further on the left.
From the East (Boston area): Take the Mass Pike (Route 90) West to exit 10 Auburn After toll booth, follow the signs to Route 12 North. Follow exit ramp - hotel is 1/2 mile further on the left.
From I-290: Take Exit 8 off I-290. Turn left at the end of the exit ramp, then take first right - the hotel is on your right.

Boston

Holiday Inn Select Government Center
5 Blossom Street
Boston, MA
(617) 742-7630
Parking: There is a parking garage adjacent to the Holiday Inn Select Government Center. However, conference participants are responsible for their own parking expenses.
From the West: Mass Pike (Route 90) East to Exit 18 Allston/Brighton/Cambridge Exit. Go through toll booth and stay to the right, following signs for Storrow Drive. At lights, turn right onto Storrow Drive and follow for 3 miles to Government Center Exit. Exit at Government Center/Cambridge Street. The hotel is 3 blocks up on the left.
From the North (Routes 93, 95 & 1): Follow South to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive. Exit at Government Center. At lights, turn left onto Cambridge Street. The hotel is 3 blocks up on the left.
From the South (Route 95 to Route 93 North: Follow into Boston to Exit for Causeway Street/Government Center. Turn left onto Causeway Street. Turn left onto Stanford Street. Turn right onto Cambridge Street. The hotel is 3 blocks up on the right.
Public Transporation: Blue Line to the Bowdoin stop. Red line to the MGH/Charles stop.

Community Builders
95 Berkley Street
Boston, MA
(617) 695-9595
Public Transportation: Take GREEN LINE to Arlington Street Station. Walk up Arlington St. and turn right to St. James Street. Walk one block down and turn left onto Berkeley St. Walk three blocks up Berkeley, #95 is the first building on your left after crossing over the Mass Pike. OR Take the ORANGE LINE to Back Bay Station. Come up Back Bay to corner of Clarendon St. and Columbus Ave. Walk up Columbus Ave. one block and turn right onto Berkeley St. crossing over the Mass Pike.
From the Mass Pike (I-90): Take Copley/Prudential Exit toward Copley and onto Stuart St. Take a right at second traffic light onto Clarendon St. Go down Clarendon 4 blocks, turn left onto Appleton St. At the end of the block turn left onto Berkeley St.
From Storrow Drive Inbound: to Copley Square exit, and onto Clarendon St. Stay on Clarendon for 10 blocks, passing the John Hancock Building and Back Bay Station. Turn left off Clarendon onto Appleton St. and continue one block to Berkeley St. Turn right onto Berkeley St.
Parking is limited, public transportation is strongly recommended. Participants are responsible for their own parking expenses.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Grtr. Boston Regional Health Office
Transportation Building
10 Malcolm X Boulevard Roxbury, MA
(617) 541-2860
BY CAR:
From the South of Boston:Take SE Expressway to I-93 to Mass Ave./Roxbury exit (18).
**Merge onto Mass Ave. connector, continue traveling straight and go through the lights onto Melena Cass Blvd. Continue straight on Melena Cass Blvd. until you reach Treamont St./MA-28. Turn left onto Tremont St. and continue until you reach Roxbury Crossing (4 way intersection where the Reggie Lewis track and field center and the community college sit off to your left). Get into the left lane to make the left turn onto Malcom X Blvd./New Dudley St. Drive down about 0.1 miles down on your right. (Landmark - the building sits across from the Post Office).
From the North of Boston:Take Route 95 South to I-93 and get off at the Mass Ave./Roxbury exit and follow directions above.
From Downtown Boston:Take Tremont St. all the way to Roxbury Crossing (4 way intersection where the Reggie Lewis Center and the community college sit off to your left). Get into your left lane ant make that left turn onto Malcom X Blvd./New Dudley St. The Building is 0.1 miles down on your right.
From the Dorchester Area:From Forest Hills Area:Take Washington St. all the way to the Eggleston Sq. area (Washington St. and Columbus Ave. Intersect), bare to your left onto Columbus Ave. Follow Columbus Ave. all the way to Roxbury Crossing (4 way intersection where the Reggie Lewis Center and the community college sit off to your right). Turn right onto Malcolm X Blvd./New Dudley St. The building is 0.1 miles down on the right.
Parking is available in the lower level parking and the second level. You can park in any non-restricted space. Additional parking on the street.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
Orange Line:Get off at Roxbury Crossing Station. Take bus RTE# 66, go 3 stops. The stop will put you right in front of the building.
Accessible Bus Routes:Any routes departing from Ruggles To Dudley Station: 14, 15, 19, 23, 28, 42, 44, 45. These buses depart from and/or Pass through Dudley Station from other points; 1, 8, 8A, 41, 46, 47, 49.

Massachusetts Bar Association & Conference Center
20 West Street
Boston, MA
(617) 338-0500
Note: There are several parking near the MBA Office. The largest least expensive is the Boston Common Garage, which is roughly three blocks from the MBA. Other lots are located on West St., Washington St., and at the Hyatt Bosotn on Avenue de Lafayette.
From Storrow Drive to Boston Common Garage: Westbound, take the Back Bay/Copley exit. Eastbound, take the Downtown Boston Exit. Turn left at the lights, then the immediate right onto Arlington Street. At the second light, turn left onto Boylston Street, then a left onto Charles Street. The Boston Common Garage is on the right, below the Boston Common.
From the Mass Pike to Boston Common Garage: Take Exit 22 (Prudential Center) and stay right on the exit, following the signs to Copley Square. As you come off the exit you will be on Stuart Street. Stay on Stuart Street, go through 5 traffic lights; at the 6th light, turn left onto Charles Street South. Follow Charles Street South through 1 traffic light. The Boston Common Parking Garage is on the right below the Boston Common.
From Route 93 or South Expressway)to Boston Common Garage: Take Kneeland Street/Chinatown Exit. Go West onto Kneeland Street (which turns into Stuart Street). Proced 4/10 of a mile, bear right onto Charles Street at the light. Go through the next light. The Boston Common Garage is on the right beneath the Boston Common.
From the Boston Common Garage to the MBA Office: Exit the Garage through the Tremont Street Pavilion. Turn left out of the door, then walk along the main footpath between the Soldiers and Sailors monument (on the left) and the Band Stand (on the right). The path leads to the Visitors Center and Tremont Street. Directly accross Tremont Street from the Visitor Center is West Street. The MBA is at 20 West Street.
Nearest MBTA Stop: Park Street on the Red and Green Lines or Downtown Crossing on the Red or Orange Lines.

Massachusetts State House
Boston, MA

The State House has implemented safety precautions for all visitors. Metal Detectors are set-up at both the Hooker and Bowdoin entrances, For expedient entrance, please refrain from carrying change, loose objects or backpacks.

From the North: Take Route 93 South to the Central Artery. Take exit 23 at Haymarket. Bear right at the bottom of the ramp on to New Chardon Street. Haymarket MBTA station will be on the left. Keep to the left and go through the the set of lights. Take a left into the Safe Harbor parking garage. (50 New Sudbury Street) On foot, exit the garage by truning left on to New Chardon Street. Walk up the Hill on Bowdoin Street. You will see the back of the State House in front of you. There are entrances to the State House on Bowdoin Street (Handicapped Entrance), and Hooker entrance on Beacon Street.
From the South: Take Route 93 North to the Central Artery. At the bottom of the ramp, take a left turn onto Kneeland Street. Proceed on Kneeland Street, which will turn into Stuart Street. Go through several sets of lights. When you come to Charles St. South, you must take a right turn. Next intersection is at Boylston Street. Continue straght on Charles St. The Boston Common Underground Parking Garage is entered from the right lane of Charles Street. On foot, follow signs in the garage to Beacon Street. Walk up the hill on Beacon Street (a right turn from the garage exits) and the State House will be on the left at the top of the hill.
From the West: Take the Mass Pike East, once in Boston, keep on the right side of the tunnel, and take exit 22, Copley Square/Prudential Center exit. Inside the exit tunnel, keep to the right and follow the signs for Copley Square. When you come out of the tunnel, the exit merges onto Stuart Street. Continue straight on Stuart Street through four sets of lights, keeping left. At the 5th set of lights, you must take a left turn onto Charles St. South. Follow Charles Street to the next intersection, Boylston Street. Go straight on Charles Street and keep right to enter the Boston Common Underground Parking Garage. Follow "On foot" directions for "South Boston".

The Women's Union
356 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
(617) 536-5651
The Women's Union is located at 356 Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay. It is between Arlington and Berkeley Streets but closer to Arlington, less than one block from the Public Garden and close to Copley Square. Look for our landmark golden swan above The Shop's front door.
From the North: Take 93 or Rte. 1 south to Storrow Drive west. Exit at Back Bay. Take a left onto Arlington St. and go straight to Boylston.
From the South: Take 93 north to East Berkeley exit. Take a left onto Berkeley. Go straight until you reach Boylston. Take a right onto Boylston.
From the West: Take Mass. Pike to Copley Square exit. Go straight. Take a left at Berkeley St. Turn right at Boylston.
Public Transportation: MBTA Take any Green Line train to Arlington station. (Depending on where you are coming from, you will need to get either an inbound or outbound train.) As you exit the station the nearest intersection is Boylston and Arlington.
The Women's Union is also a few blocks from the Orange Line Back Bay station. Exit the station onto Dartmouth St. Walk to Copley Square. Turn right onto Boylston Street and walk 2½ blocks to the The Women's Union, which will be on the right.
Parking: Metered, on-street parking is notoriously limited; public transportation is highly recommended.
- Back Bay Garage at 500 Boylston Street, 617-266-7006. There is an entrance on Clarendon Street off St. James Street. Rate is $8.00/hr.
- Boston Common - underground lot on Charles Street, between the Public Garden and the Boston Common.
- Fitz-Inn Auto Parks, between the Hilton and Sheraton Hotels at 53-61 Belvidere St., 617-421-9484. Rates are $14.00 all day 6am-5pm, $5.00 all night 5pm-6am.
- Standard Parking, 100 Clarendon St., 617-572-0151. Rates range from $4.00 for less than ½ hour to $16 for 24 hours.