ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Community Development Block Grant Programs

Corn Shop Brook Re-Development Project

Thanks to the hard work of the Town staff, Bridgton has recently received a $342,000 Downtown Rehabilitation Grant from the Maine Office of Community Development to help combat Slum and Blight in the downtown area. The project, known as the “Corn Shop Brook Re-Development Project,” has four parts:

• Expand and rehabilitate two parking lots in the downtown  [Depot Street Parking Lot Design]; [Park Street Parking Lot Design]
• Facade Grant Program for local businesses and property owners
• Assist in the development of the Pondicherry Park trail system downtown
• Cleanup of a section of the Corn Shop Brook downtown

The Town plans to begin construction of the parking lots by August 2007 with a completion date in November. The expanded lots will result in more than 100 additional spaces in the downtown, making doing business in Bridgton more enjoyable.

Bridgton Sewer Rehabilitation Project

As one of only two set-aside communities in the Cumberland County CDBG Entitlement Program, Bridgton will receive approximately $200,000 a year during the period 2007-2011. The Town will use the funds to rehabilitate and expand the Town’s public septic system, creating a greater capacity for business and residential development in the downtown and surrounding areas. 
 

Micah Niemy
Economic and Community Development Director
ecodevdir@bridgtonmaine.org
Town of Bridgton
3 Chase Street, Suite 1
Bridgton, ME 04009
Tel. (207) 647-8786
Fax (207) 647-8789