At least 1/3 of Bar Harbor’s workforce is in professional, scientific and technical services BAR HARBOR—Public policy is meant to be guided in Bar Harbor by a document that is updated approximately every ten years. The town is current creating its newest Comprehensive Plan, which is meant to “guide future growth and development over the next 10 years and will serve as a foundation for … Continue reading Small Business Is The Main Business in Maine
Comprehensive Plan Committee Holds Two Open Houses BAR HARBOR—It’s not always the most buzz-worthy of news topic especially when competing with more potential cruise ship visit limits or retail marijuana, but Bar Harbor’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan is an important piece in determining how and why Bar Harbor grows (or doesn’t) in the future. According to the town’s website, “The purpose of the new Bar Harbor … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Future Discussed
Town’s Employment, Housing, and Aging Infrastructure All Touched On BAR HARBOR—Soon Bar Harbor mailboxes will have a bit of extra mail in it when a flyer or a postcard asking for Bar Harbor residents to come to a Bar Harbor Comprehensive Plan open house arrives. The town has two nights of open forums for people to learn about the plan and share their own thoughts … Continue reading Comprehensive Plan Committee Hopes For Community Participation at Two Forums
Even back in the 1800s Bar Harbor properties cost a lot. BAR HARBOR—As a parking lot and older houses were demolished on upper Cottage Street this past week, many people in the comments section of a Facebook post about the project (a 45-room, 29,929-square-foot bed and breakfast with some underground parking) bemoaned the loss of the old Bar Harbor and how money and greed were … Continue reading Comprehensive Planning Committee Gears Up & Solicits Community Input
