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How Old Town’s new economic development director plans to lure businesses to the city
Just outside of Bangor and close to the hub of the University of Maine campus, Old Town is looking to revitalize its main stretch.
The satellite community wants to lure more businesses and foot traffic to its downtown. Old Town, like many Greater Bangor communities, is looking to generate more tax revenue while budgets keep going up. Since the city’s paper mill shuttered operations, again, in 2023, city officials have been largely unsuccessful at bringing in revenue and jobs.
But there’s limited space and securing a storefront isn’t easy. According to Economic Director Amy Collinsworth, the former Katahdin region economic development director with Eastern Maine Development Corp., the city is working to finish the Old Town Energy and Enterprise Park. The city also wants to expand the Main Street Market Village.
“Once people start seeing that action is being taken through beautification, through the trail systems, through well-organized community events, and they feel a little bit more that the things are happening, it can only grow from there,” Collinsworth said.
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