"Where do people shop?" is a question fielded daily in our office and the quick answer to that question is most area shopping is a 15-minute drive from Harvard.
If you head east to Acton on route 111 you will find places like Starbucks, Roche Brothers, CVS, TJ Maxx Home Goods, and KMart. Or if you head east to Acton on route 2A/119 you will find Donelan's, Trader Joe's, Pier One, Ann Taylor, Chico's, Eastern Moutain Sports, and just about every bank in Massachusetts including: Citizen's, Bank of America, Sovereign, and Middlesex Savings.
Taking route 2 west to Leominster you will find places like Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl's, Home Depot, and Circuit City. You will also find grocers like Hannaford's and Market Basket.
Heading north to Ayer on route 2A you will find a Hannaford's or north to Groton on 119/225 you will find a Shaw's. Alternatively, heading south to Marlborough on route 495 brings you to the Solomon Pond Mall, with many of the usual mall stores along with a Best Buy, DSW, and Barnes & Noble. You will also find the sometimes controversial Walmart.
If you are thinking to yourself, "But what about the farm stands and country stores?" well, we have those too! Some of my favorites are: Westward Orchards on route 111 in Harvard, Carlson Orchards on Oak Hill Rd in Harvard, Willard's Farm Stand on route 110 in Harvard, Bolton Orchards on route 117 in Bolton, Great Brook Farms on route 117 in Bolton, and Idylwilde Farms on Central St. in Acton.
So rest assured, there is shopping around. It is all just a 15-minute car ride away!
