b'19821991: Watch Us Grow New England Village was on theGovernor Michael S. Dukakis move in 1982 when it relocatedsigned a proclamation its vocational program fromdeclaring the day, New the community building to theEngland Villages Awareness former Grace Ryder ElementaryDay, in order that we may all School in Marshfield. This sitestrive to improve the quality would serve as one of severalof life for mentally retarded temporary homes for thecitizens in the Commonwealth sheltered workshop until Juneof Massachusetts. This move 1, 1986, when NEV Industrialdrastically increased NEVs Services opened the doors of itscapacity to serve both residents new 11,000 square-foot facilityand people from the surrounding in Hanson.towns in its day and vocational programs.18New England VillageThe newly built NEV Industrial Services workshop in HansonNEV_50Year_95x95_v5Final.indd 18 6/8/22 4:32 PM'