Hudson IT company relocates to downtown Clinton

This week, Clinton added a new business to its downtown business district, as Bryley Systems moved into the old post office on Union Street.

According to this week’s Clinton Item (I couldn’t find a link; it’s on page B6 in the paper UPDATE: Here’s the link.), Bryley Systems is relocating from Main Street in Hudson, where it’s been for the past 26 years. The company, which manages IT and cloud services for organizations throughout New England, now calls Clinton home.

Gavin Livingston, president of Bryley, told the Item: “My wife, Cathy, and I have lived in Berlin for the past 34 years; we always loved walking the dam and reservoir . . . which always attracted us to Clinton.”

In a time when so many people ask me, “Why can’t we be more like Hudson?”, this move is a great sign that we’re catching up to our neighbors to the east. Bryley had been in Hudson for almost 30 years, and saw something here that made them want to move.

“We saw the building for sale in 2016, and were able to make it work early in 2017,” Livingston told the Item. “We love that it is downtown, but also abuts Central Park and is across the street from the Museum of Russian Icons.”

Bryley has 24 employees. That’s two dozen people who’ll be eating and shopping on High Street, two dozen people who’ll see what we have to offer here and who’ll help spread the good word that Clinton is on the rise.

We have in High Street what so many communities in Massachusetts dream about: a diverse, walkable downtown. I’m thrilled that Gavin, Cathy, and Bryley are taking a chance on us. They won’t be disappointed.