FROM I-90 AND/OR I-91: Take MassPike I-90 to Exit 4 to I-91 North to Exit 18 to Route 5 North, toward downtown Northampton. Continue on Route 5 approximately 1/2 mile and turn right onto Holyoke Street. Take first left onto Hawley Street (just beyond railroad underpass). The HEC Annex is immediately on your left. The HEC Main Office is about 1/10 mile up on the left - a new, light green, two-story building with cream trim. Please enter through main door at RIGHT SIDE of building. To reach our facility at 228 Pleasant Street (Route 5), go just PAST Holyoke Street to Short Street. Number 228 is a red brick building on the right side of Route 5, adjacent to Short Street.
FROM ROUTE 9: Located at the east end of downtown Northampton, Hawley Street intersects with Route 9 between the railroad underpass and the Northampton Post Office. There is a traffic light at the intersection. From Amherst and other points east, take the first left after the Post Office; from the west, take the first right after the railroad underpass onto Hawley Street. HEC is on the right side of the street, about 4/10 of a mile down, past Universal Health & Fitness. If you are traveling to our facility at 228 Pleasant Street (Route 5), continue on Hawley Street past the HEC main office building; at the end of the street turn right onto Holyoke Street; then turn right again onto Route 5 North. Number 228 is a red brick building located just a short way up the street on the right side, at the intersection of Short Street.
97 HAWLEY STREET PARKING: Visitors may park in the front and side lots by the HEC building or on the street, if space is available. Arrangements have also been made for HEC visitors to park in the adjacent Shu-Fix lot, so long as the single entrance to the lot is not blocked and no cars are parked in front of the two businesses located there.
228 PLEASANT STREET PARKING: Visitors to The HEC Academy school programs may park in the small lot at the front of the building and enter through the front doorway. For the Special Education Department, Occupational Therapy Center, and CCATT Center please continue to the end of Short Street and bear left into the HEC lot at the rear of the building. The entrance to these facilities is located at the rear of the building. Should the HEC lot be filled, metered parking is also available in the municipal lot on the north side of the building.
Please call before visiting the CCATT Center or Occupational Therapy Center.
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