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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-05-22 89-240 ORDER4 bkF&t — 84-avo Date 5/19/89,V - Item No. Item/Subject: Application for a Maine Economic CorridorAction Grant Responsible Department: Economic Development Commentary: The State issoliciting grants in two categories, infastructure and planning for projects which "encourage balanced economic development wLthin the context of planned growth.° Bangor has been designated as on an Economic Growth Corridor and is eligible to apply. we received their program guidelines on May 8th and appli- cations are flue SONE 9th. After much staff discussion, it was agreed that the Maine Avenue Business Development Park infastructure costs would be greatly aided by a $150,000 giant to be matched with the $100,000 already received from Farmers Rome Administration and yet to be committed city funds. The staff is still reviewing Possible $20,000 planning projects for an appropriate project for an application for the second category of funds. Suspension of rules is requested because Of the state's timetable. All c mmit- tments and assurances required by the state will be brought to council for further consideration. u son e n ad Manager's Comments: - Am, mo Associated Information: CAJJ , Budget Approval: Fixe oCPero r Legal Approval: Net ..i r Introtloced For - NPanage First Beetling� Page_of_ ❑ Referral Aaippedto Counc0or CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE,) (Jori1Br� Auth axing the submission,of a 1989 Maine Economic ---Coz a r A 9non Gr t ppl';,c, atvon BY Ns City Counsel Of ON OfBn . P7;7i)A-11 THAT application for a State of Maine Economic Corridor Action grant be submitted up to the amount of $150,000 for public service infastructurH,. in the Maine Avenue Business Development ParkIBIA) area and, in a sondapplication category, up to $20,000 for future projectplanning in or near the state designated economic Corridor. :�SA }itle, X, ...................................... Asdgn oto ...................................... �, - Councilman THE MAINE ECONOMIC CORRIDOR ACTION GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR 1989 - 1990 ECONOMIC CORRIDOR AMON CMNTS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MAY, 1989 ECONOMIC CORRIDOR ACTION GRANT PROGRAM PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES GRANTS .OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS 2K29KaG,_ZLeXYLew The Economic Corridor Action Grant (ECAG) Program was enacted by the Maine Legislature in 1988 to assist municipalities within corridors of economic significance in planning and implementing capital improvements that encourage economic development and job creation and accommodate planned growth. In particular, the program provides grant funds for developing public service facilities as well as planning and feasibility studies of ransportation resources and public facilities to Maine municipalities that are located along designated corridors of economic significance. A corridor of economic significance is an existing highway that serves as amajor traffic generator, links economic centers, Provides access to under-utilized. resources, or facilitates the free flow of people and goods to and from Maine. Approximately 1,300 miles Of Maine's primary highways have been designated by the Maine Department of Transportation as corridors of economic Significance. The major intent in designating these corridors is to improve capacity and safety on existing highways. .These improvements are funded by an increase in Maine's, motor fuel tax. This application is designed to solicit project proposals for Public service infrastructure grants only. Funds for Planning and Feasibility Grants will be distributed through separate Requests For Proposals. Public service infrastructure may include but is not limited t0 sewage treatment facilities, municipal water facilities, solid waste facilities, fire protection facilities, roads and traffic control devices, Parks and recreational areas, and other public facilities which contribute to the overall economic viability of an area. Approximately $900,000 is available for public service infrastructure grants. The maximum project grant award will be $150,o00. A li ti The application process is divided into two phases. Phase one, the application phase, asks applicants to describe and demonstrate the project's feasibility, focusing On the need for and economic impact of the project. Applicants are also asked to describe the community's, capacity to implement and complete the Project in terms of resource commitments, consistency with the community's comprehensive plan, and coordination with other resources and activities. Phase two, applicants that successfully complete Phase one will be awarded EGG funds and project implementation and construction will begin. Office of community Development (OCD) staff will work with grantees as they begin project construction. Phase I The office of Community Development will receive applications from communities that meet the program's threshold criteria and they will be scored based on the following weighted criteria. Need - 30 paints local economic distress local government financial capacity local Capacity - 20 points consistency with the local comprehensive plan priority of the project for the area responsibility for project implementation and management Project Impact - 30 points expected project results Leverage of Other Resources -.30 points local resources private and other public resources project budget Project coordination - to points coordination with other state resources coordination with MDOT's schedule for primary highway investment project schedule Phase IT Grants will be awarded to those towns with successful ' applications. Upon acceptance of the £CAG, -the project can commence. OCD expects to award grants to between six and eight communities. OCD staff will work with the community in overseeing implementation of the project capacity. Public service infrastructure may include but is not limited to sewage treatment facilities, municipal water facilities, solid waste facilities, fire protection facilities, roads and traffic devices, parks and recreational areas, and other public facilities that contribute to the overall economic viability of an area. Ineligible project activities include schools or other educational facilities and town halls or public facilities that are designed for the conduct of municipal business. Proposed projects do not have to be located on a designated corridor of .economic significance, however, there must be a direct correlation between the purpose of the proposed project and the corridor: they cannot be unrelated. THRESHOLD CRITERIA Following are the criteria that are mandated by statute and therefore must be observed in the completion of an application. 0 Eligible communities must be located on acorridor of n statewide economic significance as designated by the Maine Department of Transportation. A list of these communities and corridors, together with a map indicating their location i attached. Communities may apply on an individual basis for a - project; or, two or more eligible communities may undertake a project jointly. Only one application -may be submitted per community. o As specified in the Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act, when the timeframes for completing a comprehensive 'plan are reached, municipalities must be in compliance in order to be eligible to apply for an Economic Corridor Action Grant. W S NTED RITERIA ED (30 PDIMTS) Demonstrate the community's need for financialassistance for the proposed project in terms of the overalleconomicdistress (e.g., unemployment rates, underemployment, decline in population and/or labor force, per capita income) of the municipality and the financial capacity (e.g., level of municipal and/or state general assistance) of the local government to develop and support the 'proposed project. Data for the economic distress factors may be obtained from the State DataCenter(289-3195) and the Department of Labor's Economic Analysis and Research Division (289-2271). LOCAL C_�PA (20 POINTS) Demonstrate the community's capacity to undertake the Proposed project by describing the consistency of the project with the community's comprehensive plan and the local priority of the project in the community's planned development of public facilities. Describe how responsibility for implementing and managing the project will be assigned and what previous experience the assigned party(ies) may have had in developing and managing similar projects. For joint applications, descriptions must be offered of the capacity within each participating community. PROJECT IMPACT (30 PDINTS) Demonstrate the overall impact Of the project by describing the anticipated project benefits or results, in terms of increased economic development potential (e.g., numberof jobs to be created/retained, existing businesses that will benefit, new businesses that will be attracted to the area), which should be expected as a result of undertaking this project. Extra consideration will be given in project impact to those projects which assist in the creation of affordable L E OF OTHER RESOURCtS(SO POINTS) Outline the project budget and associated costs in executing the project. Describe the public and private resources that have been committed to financing any portion or phase of the proposed project. This will include local resources, as well as reaoumes provided by other state and federal agencies. Tha commitment of /1P the community to secure other funding is expected for most projects. � � Provide documentation of committed resources ox actions b CbPu public and private governing bodies that indicate resources have been or will be committed. PROSECT COORDINATION (10 POINTS) Describe the project schedule, including reasonable estimates and completion dates and demonstrate the coordination of the proposed Public service infrastructure project with other resources and activities. Priority will be given to projects that coincide with or complement the Maine Department of Transportation's scheduled investment in the primary highway system. The Supplemental Program for Corridors of Statewide Economic Significance is a multi-year program. To the greatest extent possible, local Projects should be timed to coincide with the MDOT's projects. In those cases where all other elements are equal, priority. will be given to projects undertaken jointly by two or more communities and which provide a substantial regional benefit. APPLICATION�T ��ic0ugk4n The application is intended to encourage communities that are interested in receiving EUG funds to provide as complete a Picture as possible of their project-- the need for the project, the community's capacity to undertake the project, the expected impact the project will have on the economy of the area, the community's ability to leverage other funds to implement the project, and the project's coordination with other resources and activities. Communities should provide whatever narrative materials as well as documentation that they deem appropriate to demonstrate compliance with the threshold criteria as well as the . weighted criteria and otherwise substantiate the strength of their project. Communities should feel free to produce their application in whatever form they feel best represents the strengths of their project while providing the basic information requested in the application. The following is an approximate timetable for the implementation Of the Economic Corridor Action Grant Program. Please return five (5) copies of the completed application to our office by 12:00 pm, June 91 1989. May 0, 1989 Open Application Tune 9, 1989 Noonl Application Deadline June 21, 1989 Grants Announced awe+ PnAse'r For further information, please contact Mia Purcell or Shelley. Lane in the Office of Community Development at 289-6800. ECONOMIC CORRIDOR ACTION GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION 1. APPLICANT a. Name b. Street/P.O. Boz C. City d. Zip Code f. Contact Person g. Telephone Number 2. APPLICATION REPRESENTATION single community Joint communities If a joint application, list the participating communities; 3. APPLICANT CERTIFIES THAT: To the best of my knowledge and belief, data in this application are true and correct, and the document has been duly authorized by the governing body(ies) of the participating community(ies), and the applicant will comply with all state and Federal laws, regulations and requirements if awarded a grant under the Economic Corridor Action Grant Program. Name Title (Type or Print Name) Name Title (Type or Print Name) Signature Signature THRESHOLD CRITERIA I. Indicate the corridor Of statewide economic significance that the community is located on: WEIGHTED CRITERIA 1. Need o Documentation of local economic distress • Documentation of local government financial capacity 3. Local Capacity o Consistency with the local comprehensive plan o Priority of the project for the area o Responsibility for project implementation and management 3. Project Impact o Need for the project o Expected project results 4. Leverage of other Resources o Project Budget o Local resources o Private and other public resources 5. Project Coordination o Project schedule • Coordination with other state resources o Coordination with MDCTfs schedule for primaryhighway investment EORR I DONE 0E EEAEEWI OE E CDROM It SI ON IF 1 EAYEE 1 DEBT IF I ED BY MAINE OEp ARIMEXI Of TRANSPORTATION v IKitIlly to Didd1for6 Route 1 Woolwich l uokapvt Route 1 allksporz to Eefleyvllle Reuse t eulten t t Route 1 espue isle Ernest Route EA EIISNertMt Brewer Route IN SxoCkt,h Springso t enp6en Route 2 pflee6 to Newport Route 3 A19UStP toBelfeat Route S lu eley Rause iKeIPOVt er-f OXmoft Rout, 9 E66fn2ton t eileyvi lie Route 13 Busksport t Bowie 13 o Oreenvflle Route 23 Dexter to Guilford Route 29t a Hampshire eoreer Route 26 CITY teBet Nl Route 27 Farmington to Eutti, Route 90 RICkpolt to VaP?en Route 106 kive+meR to Runfer6 Rout* 109 Wells to SBnfor6 Route Ili enfero to B166efer6 " Rout, 1S) Mlllfneeket to Xe6Ney Route 161 TAHITI to Sort Kent Bills 163/167 Ashland to Fort felrffeld Route 196 fopehem to Lewiston Route 201 Fairfield to C,,,di,, herder Route 202 Alfred to W pshire herder Route 302 Westbrook to feyeburB ew<onnt1txr RouteIs to Route 9 Holden to Eddirgton ��- z y° CITUnOF Y MAINEFseal YYYDEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEL. 2WJVW u41 Emncmw Dev IOPm Division June 8, 1989 Mr, Jay Hardy, Deputy commissioner Department of Community c Economic Development State House Station 4130 219 Capital Street Augusta, ME 04333 Dear Jay Please find the original and five (5) copies of the City of Bangor's 1989 application for a Maine Economic Corridor Action Grant in the amount of $150,000 for a portion of the development costs of the proposed Maine Business Development Park at Bangor International Airport. As you will see from the narrative the Action Grant is to be matched with the $100,000 from the Farmer's Home Adminis- tration and significant funds from other City sources. The total project i currently estimated at $1.4 million. We are prepared to begin construction this year. We see the development of a park at Bangor International Airport' contiguous with the University of Maine and the General Aviation activities of CIA as offering a setting for light industry and other users which will create the jobs of the future for the City of Bangor and the larger economic region which Bangor serves. Please give our application your fullest considerations. Don't hesitate to call if there is anything missing or your staff needs additional information-. Sincerely, �Donald `. But �gton Economic Development Officer DCB/m1p Enclosure CC: Russ McKenna, City Clerk THE MINE ECONOMIC CORRIDOR ACTION GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR CITY OF BANGOR Maine Avenue Business Development Park June 1989 ECONOMIC CORRIDOR ACTION GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION 1. APPLICANT a. Name C'tv Of Bangor, Maine b. Street/P.O. Bax 73 Harlow Street C. City BanaOi ME. d. Zip Code 04401 f. Contact Person Donald C Buffington c Dey "car title mi 9. Telephone Number 20)949-0341 ext. 118 2. APPLICATION REPRESENTATION x Single community Joint communities If a joint application, list the participating communities: 1. APPLICANT CERTIFIES THAT: To the best of my knowledge and belief, data in this application are true and correct, and the document has been duly authorized by the governing body(ies) of the participating ccmmunity(ies), and the applicant will comply with all State and Federal laws, regulations and requirements if awarded a grant under the Economic Corridor Action Grant Program. A Name Edward A. Barrett Signature (Type or Print Name) Title City Manager - - Name Signature Title (Type or Piint Name) PRO.IECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR MAINE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARK The project is located along Maine Avenue in the General Aviation area of Bangor International Airport, and involves the redevelop- ment of approximately )o acres of land in that area, and creation of a highly attractive, major state business development park over the next three years. The land is owned by the City of Bangor. The proposed park would be dedicated to and marketed for high tech light industrial, high service information, communication and data processing firms, headquarters companies, certainstart-upfirms, and certain small aircraft air -oriented firma. The selection and marketing would be geared for the most part, toward attracting and locating companies with markets for goods or services outside of the region and state, including national and international firms --so-called export market operations. The land is attractive inappearance, and will be developed with high site standards. It is ideally located, abutting the Univer- sity College of the University of Maine, the aircraft parking, tie -down and services of the General Aviation facilities of the airport, and is adjacent to the Bangor Free Trade Zone, Interstate system, and less than one mile from the National and International terminale at the airport The project is redevelopment and new development. Its major objectives are to relocate sucessfully existing organizations within the redevelopment project area, eliminate certain u c nomic, unattractive buildings, create new site opportunities for targeted companies basic to the regional economy, create growth within the air -oriented sector of the economy; all within an attractive, pleasant, convenient environment for executivesand employees. These objectives will accomplish the eventual goals of creating new, challenging job opportunities, expand the economic base and improve workforce and family incomes. The site will be a major attraction.to firms seeking attractive employee -oriented settings and c rees, and especially to firma utilizing corporate aircraft.•enn It is being planned as one of the major industrial/business/high service parks in the state. The project represents a major com- mittment and dedication by the City of Bangor in attracting those basic operations and the jobs essential to continued economic health and growth in the eastern Maine region. The project is highly marketable and feasible, and is the result of several. years of planning and work. PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 2 The project area already contains a number of firms, as well a headquarter operations (Bar Harbor Airways, Shop Rite headquarters and training center, the University of Maine System, the FAA's Automated Flight Service Station serving northern New England pilots). it is the site of or adjacent to city -owned buildings utilized over the yearn to incubate new basic industry for the region which, since, have relocated to new buildings i other city industrial parks (Chute Chemical, a research -development operation now manufacturing, employing 15 persons; Anwelt Corpor- ation, a specialty footware producer selling to U.S. and European markets, now in its new 100,000 square foot facility employing 450 persons; Mantel Maine, a producer of electronic beacons with national markets, employing 50; Anzac Electronics, in a new 35,000 square foot facility, employing 150). A major asset of the site isits adjacency to University College Campus in Bangor, The City of Bangor has worked closely with the University of Maine System and the University of College adminis- trators in planning the park. Major components of the redevelopment project include: 1. Release from a City -UM lease of 43 acres -of city owned land, not required for educational expansion, at the former Dow AFB. This agreement was executed April 21, 1989. 2. Relocation of four agencies presently occupying so-called temporary wood -frame buildings (former USAF) owned by the University. These agencies will be relocated to other facili- ties over the next two and a half years, under the agreements. 3. Demolition of some 26 buildings, over the next three years. These are World War II aswood-frame structures that have long since outlived their, , c life, s of which are in dilapidated condition. All were rconstructed during the early 1940's by the USAF a 'temporary' facilities. They are University owned. This removal agreement has been finalized with the University. 4. Upgrading of existing buildings owned by the City of Bangor. 5. Construction of public facilities including roads, storm and sanitary sewers, curbing, s sidewalks, water lines, land- scaping, allas part of the some of the proposed Maine Business Enterprise Park. This is scheduled over the next three years for the most part, and will begin in 1989. 6. Creation of the proposed park immediately with marketing of certain vacant land to be undertaken this year, Coincidental to other phases of the project. PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 3 The overall project area will provide approximately 40 acres of attractive parcels for private investment by targeted firms on the land released from the lease to the University. It will pro- vide another 10 acres of parcels in other section of the project area for air -oriented uses. The remaining areas are occupied by 17 buildings that will remain. The project's final development with full occupation of land i estimated for seven years. A. Economic Corridor Bangor is an eligible community and is listed specifically on Route 15 (Bangor to Greenville) on the roll of Corridors of _ Economic Significance. This particular corridor is a main feeder from Piscataquis County and parte of Penobscot County to the airport, which is located 4,400 feet from Broadway (Route 15) directly along Strickland/Griffin Roads. The City, also, is the employment and economic hub of several other listings: Routes IA (Elsworth to Brewer and Stockton Springs to Hampden); Route 15 (Bucksport to Brewer). These are corridor routes that link through the City of Bangor. B. Comprehensive planning The City's Comprehensive Plan is presently in compliance with the Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act. As a 'third tier' city, under the act, s new (revised) Comprehensive Plan for the City of Bangor is not required until after 1991. The new plan is presently being -completed as the City's Number One Priority in 1999. In addition, the City has employed several consultants to assist in the overall traffic planning, and airport/planning. Airport Planningconsultants include Royle 5 Tanner of Bedford, N.N. (Aeronautical Master Plan), and Christopher Chadbourne and Associates of Cambridge, MA (non -aeronautical development). The proposed project is being coordinated with both the above consultants. The work of the latter consultant includes review and recommendations relative to handling of traffic through the airport and along Maine Avenue (site of the project) from the Strickland/Griffin Brad and Route 15. PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 4 First and foremost, Bangor proper serves as a major employment enter for a wide ranging commuter labor market region, extending beyond the immediate Bangor LMA and into the more outlying commun- ities of Hancock, Piscataqui and Waldo Counties, as well as other areas. The Waldo County line is only ten miles from the city center, and the Piscataquis County line only 28 miles from the city. Workers in Bangor commute from as far as 60 miles or one -hour's driving time to Bangor for job opportunities created there (see attachment °Commuting Patterns'). Less than 45 percent of persons working in the City of Bangor actually reside there, and it is estimated that with n company locations in Bangor, the resident - employee --ratio is much lower. Bangor proper has a low unemployment rate currently (3.268 1988), as do most of the c nities of the Bangor -Brewer Labor Market Area, because of the increased commercial expansion in the region, the majority of it within Bangor itself. However, many of the expanded job numbers are employees, part time or full time, in medium to low service industries. The vast majority of the firms within these retail/service/hospitality industries are highly dependent on the continuing strength of the immediate market area and its population, and are normally those jobs that are first to suffer in retail/ commercial cutbacks during economic slow downs, such as projected foinmid to late 1990. The unemployment rate for the Bangor Commuter workforce area moderate at 4.78 for 1988 (see attachment). This number doesnot- reflect the unemployment rate among women who a not registered in the unemployment system. Many of these m w and some choose not to work at the lower paying commercial jobs, partially due to commuting costs as well as lack of security and benefits. It is those potential workers from the currently unemployed and from the - currently underemployed in retail/service/hospitality industries who would fill jobs in industry with competitive wages and benefits that represent the need for this project. The industries which are targeted for the marketing of the lots i the Maine Avenue Business Development Park are firms ininformation services, data processing and similar industries which offer the potential worker an opportunity for growth with the company. Many of these firms also offer flexible scheduling which is important to today's workers, especially women. The continued strength of the employment economy omy in Bangor i important to the entire commuter job market, a strength generated and sustained by the types of firms targeted for the proposed project area. The economic boost from such expansions as at General Electric, Lemforder and the proposed L.L. Bean project, must be continued as part of an overall regional economic market- ing anddevelopmentstrategy by the communities and locations capable of pursuing, locating and accommodating such firms. PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 5 Educational and skill training resources in the immediate Bangor area and in the state are substantial, but creation of higher skill job opportunities continues to be a major need in the City of Bangor and Greater Bangor Area to respond to members of the work- forces undertaking the upgrading of their skills. The educational level and therefore the personal income levels of the Bangor -Brewer workforce continues to be a problem, with a estimated 21 percent lacking high school diplomas. while this gen- ially appears to be on par with the state, it still is substan- tially higher than many of the other New England communities with which Bangor must compete for targeted prospects. Bangor and much of the northeastern U.S. has seen a decrease in the manufacturing sector. This decrease in employment especially i shoes and textiles in Bangor has resulted in more than a'thousand workers who have had to be absorded into the retail/hospitality/ service sector aswell as many who have undergone retraining. Over the past five years we have lost Wolverine Shoes, Bass Shoe and had reductions in Spot Bilt Shoe, and recently Emple Knitting Mills in Brewer was closed down. in Bangor in 1980 we had 5,144 workers in the manufacturing sector, by 1987 this decreased to 5,000 even with expansions in some of the other manufacturing areas. The need for manufacturing, especially light manufacturing and export type industries is two fold. From the communities stand- point the economic Well-being comes from a good olid manufacturing base, not from a shrinking one as Bangor has experienced in the Past five years. Secondly, from the workers standpoint, job retraining has got to yield an employment opportunity at the end of the person's effort. Although the City of Bangor's financial capacity is substantial, the project is costly and assistance in financing all of its components will be necessary. The City of Bangor, as true of larger c unities in the State of Maine, faces severe local tax- ation pressures. Bangor's elected officials currently are pressed to keep regular budget increases below three percent level in a attempt to hold off future efforts at publically mandated spending or tax cape (One such referendum was defeated in 1981). Bangor's full valuation tax rate in 1988 was $22.03. This is greater than 54 communities in Penobscot County, comparable to Lewiston and Auburn and greater than either Portland or South Portland. There is an urgent need for the City to prioritize its spending into upkeep of its deteriorating road/sidewalk systems, provide for major new debts in separating storm/sanitary sewer systems and construction of secondary sewer facilities as mandated by the federal government: and accommodate basic educational and ether expansion needs, including economic development. Even with financ- ing assistance from many sources, this project will be a costly project for the City of Bangor, but a necessary one for job reten- tion and the economic future well-being of the city and region. PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 6 B. Local Capacity While the project is relatively expensive and difficult, much of the preliminary planning has been accomplished, and resources determined within the community to carry it out. The project complies with the City's Comprehensive Planning, and the necessary zoning for the project has been instituted. The area is zoned 'Airport' which provides the flexibility of use for full marketing, with standards for development controlled not just through zoning, but through deed and/or lease covenants. The City of Bangor is owner of the project, and will be respons- ible for its development and marketing, utilizing the resources of its Community 6 Economic Development, Airport, Legal, Finest- ing, Planning and Public Works Departments and Personnel. Management and marketing will be under the auspices of the Eco- nomic Development Office. The City for several decades has maintained such an office with staff and resources utilizing the Promotional resources of the City's -non-profit development corpor- ation, eanAir. Banair Corporation is made up of both City Councilors and private business representatives on itsboardof directors. it is a major contributor to the current Wall Street Journal Campaign (see attachments). The City of Bangor has long and wide experience in Economjc Development, both promotional and hands-on creation and marketing of industrial and business sub -divisions. This has been carried out in cooperative programs with private owners (Bomarc Industrial Park, Heritage Industrial Park, Bangor Industrial Park, Sylvan Road Industrial Park); with non-profit organizations such as Target Corporation (Target Industrial Circle, Dowd Industrial Park, Bangor Industrial Park Annex); and on city -owned land through its own staffs (Bangor International Industrial AirPark and BanAir industrial Park). Through its local, national and international marketing, the City has located nearly 200 companies n these parks. The Community Development Office of the City, which will participate as a resource in the proposed project, has managed extensive redevelopment and relocation projects in the city. The Airport Department manages several hundred acres s of land, 40 buildings with nearly 50 business and gover:menttenants, and allied contractural obligations. The City of Bangor is committed to economic development within the city and region, andparticularly the Maine Business Development Park Project, on which several workshops have been held. Its commitment is substantial and will include: 1. Dedication of city owned land to the effort of creating new, basic, export industry type companies, targeted as part of the city's experienced marketing effort, and in cooperation with regional and state marketing resources. PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR. Page 7 2. Assistance and direct cooperation of the City with the Univer- sity of Mine System through special contracts and possible Community Development project funding in demolition and removal of 25 wood -frame buildings, all of them nearly 50 years old, designated as temporary by the US" when constructed in the early 1940's many of them dilapidated, and all of them having exceeded their serious economic useful life. This removal program will begin in 1990andcontinue through 1991• 3. Relocation by the City of two soft ball fields and creation, n the relocation, by the City's Park and Recreation Department of anew recreational center on outer Ohio Street. This i planned forthe 1990-91 period, and would be funded through the municipality through use of Community Development funds, as presently being considered. 4. Relocation prior to late 1991 of the three social service/ health agencies previously mentioned. These agencies represent services to many handicapped clients in the entire region, and in total employ some 150 persons. The successful reloca- tions planned represent a significant retention of jobs and services in the City of Bangor. The agencies are greatly in need of more operationally -effective facilities The present wood -frame buildings within the project area occupied by the agencies do not now conform to state regulations and are marg- inal in 9onformance with some city codes. They are Inefficient (many of them two-level), and not completely accessible to the physically handicapped. The condition of structures and the nature of their construction pose a long-term safety threat to their occupants. The City's Economic Development Office has been working with the two larger agencies for many months in e locating suitable facilities. Both agencies a w posi- tioned to undertake such relocations within the next 30 months and are working (separately) on specific facilities, and financing plans to execute these moves. Appropriate relocation Possibilities and resources exist for the small, third agency, a one -building user. A fourth agency, a national non-profit management firm occu- pying and operating the old B% -P% Commissary in an aged, wood - frame building, presently isscheduling funding for a new facility in 1992, elsewhere on the airport. 5. The City will be committing funds for engineering, public improvements and landscaping of the redevelopment project i accordance with the final plana now being drawn. The Bangor Water District is committing a $50,000 expenditure as its con- tribution to the project to relocate a water main crossing the project land. 6. The City, incooperation with the Bangor Water District, has applied for and received approval for a $100,000 grant from PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR. Page 8 the Farmers Home Administration, to assist in the project. Half of these funds will be utilized by the Water District for work in addition to the $50,000 mann relocation. 7. Municipal funds required fortheCity's portion of the costs will be forthcoming over the next three years from Airport Reserve Accounts. 0. The City will dedicate a concerted marketing effort with its marketing resources to attract firms to the proposed park. C. Project Impact The eventual impact from the development over the next seven years will he substantial for the area, in terms of retained and new jobs, creation of higher skill employment opportunities, general business activity including local, regional and state purchase of goods and services, expanded tax resources, airport income to assist in operation of Bangor International, and in the creation of an attractive locational resource for local, regional and state development organizations. indirectly, the project is expected t0 generate substantial new employment in the region. New site loca- tion resources will begenerated for air-oriented r- ented companies such as airline operations, small air cargo operations, package delivery services, general aviation service firms, FAA and other govern- mental office/function expansions., and a variety Of opportunities for application of educational cooperative programs and workforce training programs. Full development of the land is expected to occur over the next seven years. Marketing of certain vacant lots has already taken place through the Bangor Economic Development Office. A site within the project area was one of the alternatives recently gen- erated for a prospective California-based, nation-wide data prunes - sing firm. Sites have been discussed with two major state banks for data processing operation facilities. Sites within the project have been discussed, also, with two small package air cargo firms. 1. Employment - In relation to sites available, average building -parking ratios, and the types of firms being pursued for the park, the following job projections have been worked out. The information contains jobs already existing in the project area; those that will be retained for the City through successful relocations; and those that will remain in the area under the development plan. The 'new' job projections are based on the number of jobs per square foot of developed buildings. This is derived from a study of the firma and buildings in the area's industrial (one job to each 150 to 240 square feet of building) and certain service firms such as data processing (one job per 120 to 160 square feet). An average, therefore, of one job per 160 square feet is used. PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 9 The high and low figures are derived from the jobs per square foot applied against full lot development allowed under park development standards (35 percent,building coverage on lots or 425,000 sf of bldg'againsta low of one half that concentrated entrated development (17.5 Percent building coverage on lots or 212,500 s.f, of buildings). This is also based on the objectives of the park where targeted firms or those expanding firms within the region that qualify will tend to be labor intensive. EXISTING EMPLOYMENT IN PROJECT AREA (1989) 1. Total Existing Jobs 505 2. Existing Jobs to Remain .......................... 305 3. .Existing Jobs to be Relocated 200 PROJECTED NEW EMPLOYMENT IN PROJECT AREA RIGH LOW 4. Total New Jobs ........................ 2,650 1,325 5. Of Y4, Those New to Bangor Region ..... 11855* 927 6. Of M4, Those Relocating to Project Area from the Local Region ............ 795 398. 7. Total Projected Employment in Project .. 2,955** 1,630** PROJECTED ANNUAL PAYROLLS IN PROJECT AREA 8. Total New Payrolls*** ....... $39,750,000 $19,875,000 9� Total Project Payrolls ...... 44,325,000 24,450,000 * Based on experience with other parks, and on criteria for location qualifications in proposed park, a thirty percent factor for relocation/expansion of jobs within community and region is used. ** Total job projections do not include potential workforce expansions that occur during seven year development period of park within existing firma, or firms located early in the park. *** Payrolls based on average hourly rate of $7.21, and average annual salary of $15,000. Additional factors will impact favorably on the regional economy. 1. The region will enjoy the resources of a new, highly attrac- tive, business park with the designed objectives of building the area economy with basic new firms. PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTR CORRIDOR Page 10 2. Within the project process, the city plans to provide sig- nificant assistance to relocate. successfully the four aforementioned agencies into new, modern facilities retain- ing the 200 jobs involved, and enhancing the services these agencies provide the entire region. 3. The uneconomic, unsightly World War II -era wood -frame buildings, seriously detracting from the highly attractive campus atmosphere of the project area, will be removed. 9. The project will create a major new employment center in the region, and enhance the project a a pleasant working environment for existing employees• 5. The project will be compatible with the campus environment of the abutting University College, and provide uniquem opportunities for cooperative and supporting special educa- tional programs. 6. The new firms will generate significant new business activity for the airport, for the growth of General Avia- tion, and intransportation, local and regional purchases of goods and services. I. The new jobs will create in turn a significant amount of new indirect employment _within the retail., commercial., supply, transportation, and construction sectors of the communtiy. Formular estimates based on job projections within the project area range from 300 to 600 indirect spin off jobs. B. The project site is located conveniently to the Interstate and major state road systems lessening the impact on traf- fic £rows and other infrastructure expenditures than those required directly into the project area. 9. The project is expected to introduce to the region full range of new skill opportunities within targeted firms open to workforce members seeking to upgrade their skills and learning capacities. 10. The project will contain some small lots for start up o pilot operations, plus the possibility being considered for small speculative buildings to house such companies. 11. The project will provide several lots for location of air oriented operations essential to the General Aviation growth at Bangor International Airport. 12. The project's marketing will be assisted by the adjacency of such services as overnight express firms, international services (Customs Brokers, Free Trade Zone, U.S. Customs), the airport's air transportation, corporate aircraft PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 11 Total Project Cost $1.445,700 * These cost estimates may be reduced in final planning and engineering, expected by 6/30/89. services, municipal mass transit s and other such services, the growth of which, in turn,swill be enhanced by the project development. 13. Marketing of the project will be assisted and enhanced, also, but a variety of housing projects existing, underway or planned, including affordable housing projects, to accommodate the company workforces. D. Leverage of Other Resources The total project budget includes the costs of various project components, including supplemental engineering, relocations, dem- olitions, public improvements, and marketing. A variety of fund- ing sources are planned: (1) City of Bangor (Airport Reserves)--- - $458,740* (2) City of Bangor (Sewer Fund) - $141,960* (3) Bangor Water District - $ 50,000 (4) University of Maine Systems - $145,000* (5) City of Bangor (Community Development) - $400,000* (6) Farmers Home Administration - $1001000: (7) Maine Economic Corridor Grant - $150,000 Total Project Cost $1.445,700 * These cost estimates may be reduced in final planning and engineering, expected by 6/30/89. PROSECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH. CORRIDOR Page 12 Project Breakdown, ea/awrc 5 'Jee n e, (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (71 25,000 FDeMl(1) t 145,000 145,000 141,960 .Roadways, 'Storm Drains. 391,240 50,000 150,000 Utility, Light Poles 37,500 Water Lines, 50,000 50,000 Hydrants 30,000 Ball Fields, Relocation 230,000 458,)40 141,9fi0 50,000 145,000 400,000 100,000 150,000 PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR cooss\�\\\rs O M,. ua., m... cdx uaxg\� \ \\\ \Y F (cK mmm.miN oo-.. (27.7n um 5} "(10.0 city Arya Pv. (31.N Oily ^sir FUM (DA%) Ba , Wabr Oil! (3.i) PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR rt a R . Sw FUM Walar 061. uM 9/ Comm. 0.v, MA UM omM s,m, PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 13 E. Project Coordination The project, by its redevelopment nature and because of the great numbers of people and organizations involved, has required a sig- nificant amount of careful coordination to date. The organizations involved include the City of Bangor (City Council, City Manager, Bangor International Airport, Economic Development, Community Development, Planning, Engineering, Public Works, Parks c Recreation, Legal), the University of Maine System, University College in Bangor, Community Health and Counseling Services, Multi- ple Handicap Center, Eastern Transportation Services, and the Army- Navy. It has been in the pre -planning and discussion stage for several years, and inserious planning the past two years. Preliminary planning and engineering has been underway, with a contract for engineering services to prepare the final plan for the park sched- uled to be sought within two weeks. The engineering work is scheduled to be completed by late July. This will include prepara- tion of necessary subdivision and regulatory materials. Approximately 43 acres of the total project area has been leased for the past 20 years to the University. This lease has been ended to release the land for the park purpose, and executed April 21, 1999. Many meetings of the City and the social service agencies have been held, and relocation resources are being actively pursued by all parties. They are scheduled for relocation no later than September 1, 1991. It appears all will be satisfactorialy relo- cated within this time frame. Theraforementioned wood -frame buildings scheduled to be demolished are caned by the University of Maine System. An Agreement has been executed with the University for their phased demolition through the end of 1991. The City will assist in this work. The presence of the buildings will not interfere with much of the public improve- ments planned in the area. The City has been in communication with the Army-Navy which operates the BX -PX Commissary in two older buildings, and a schedule of that relocation has been discussed. The major components of the project include planning/engineering which will be finalized by early fall, relocations, demolitions, ball field relocation, public improvements as phased. As mentioned previously, marketing will begin this year on land already vacant, and continue coincidentally with the project work. The annual schedule (and costs) appear like this: PROTECTIECONOMIC GROHTH CORRIDOR Page 14 Protect Schedule Year Component Cost 1989 - Relocation (one agency) 0 Sanitary Sewer Water Main, Hammond St. 50,000 - 67,350 Nater Main, Illinois Ave. (So.) 40,000 Contingency Buchanan St. Impvts. Utility Poles - 37,500 Sanitary Sewer - 31,800 Storm Drains - 20,050 Roadway - 47,450 Contingency - 191860 119,160 209,160 $209,160 1990 - Relocation (one agency) 0 Demolition (up to seven bldgs.) 98,000 Illinois Ave. (No. Phase) Sanitary Sewer - 39,000 Storm Drains - 64,450 Roadway -123,865 Contingency - 44,745 Water Main - 4 1991 - Relocation (one agency) Demolition (up to 18 bldgs.) Relocation$/Ball Fields Illinois Ave. Impvts (South) Sanitary Sewer - 47,500 Storm Drains - 67,350 Roadway -135,500 Contingency - 54,070 Utility Poles - 37,500 312,080 410,080. --84107080 25,000 192,000 230,000 361,920 808,920 $808,920 1992 - Improvements - Buchanan St. Extension 17,540 $ 17,540 Total $1,445,700 PROJECT/ECONOMIC GROWTH CORRIDOR Page 15 The City of Bangor will proceed to participate in or take whatever lead is required to create a region -wide professional promotion and marketing effort on behalf of this and other projects. It plans to call upon and utilize, as it has in the past, the region- al support services provided by the Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Training 6 Development Corporation, 'Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce (Business Attraction Committee), Action Com- mittee of Fifty, and all of the educational and training resources in the region that will be essential in overall marketing, and proper response to prospects. The City of Bangor has maintained an ongoing business attraction program with the State of Maine's assistance and the support of many local corporations. Currently the City:: isrunning a wall Street Journal ad program (see attached ample ad). Such coordinated efforts are envisioned for the marketing of this project. The City, in this project, is also investigating the application of new techniques in its lotting and service plan for the park, including areas of common parking for developments, establishment of or expansion of a day care center there, associated uses of YMCA and YMCA facilities for executives and employees (such facil- ities exist on the Community College and the nearby Musson College campuses also), defined jogging routes, outside common lunch and rest areas for employees, creation of a new cafeteria service (possibly in conjunction with any new General Aviation Terminal) for park employees, and special course associations with both Musson and University College for employees and executives, among other amenities. Part of the final planning/engineering is to provide for sufficient right of way along Maine Avenue, and limited driveway access this a , to accommodate traffic through Bangor International n Airport,avia an alternative roadway to Union Street (up to 25,000 vehicular movements daily), and to receive traffic along a planned outer peripheral road system in Bangor linking Broadway (Route 15), Union Street (Route 222), and the Hogan Road (Bangor Mall) area. The Maine Avenue connection with two Interstate Highway Access points (Hammond Street and the Odlin Road -Route 2 cloverleaf) will be crucial to the overall traffic plan affecting the local and state primary and secondary highway system. The Chairman of the BACTS technical committee has reviewed this project and finds that it does not conflict with any ongoing MDOT project plans. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Council Order 89-240 authorizing submission of the Maine Economic Corridor Action GIant. 2. City of Bangor Map showing project area and designated corridor. 3. Maine Avenue Business Park Project location map. 4. Maine Avenue Business Park - Existing Buildings and Roads. 5. Maine Avenue Business Park - Proposed Roadways and Buildings. 6. Project timetable. J. Bangor Commuter Workforce Commuting Patterns. 8. Bangor Commuter Workforce area employment 1988.. 9. State Data Center Memorandum 5/23/89. 10. Awards letter Farmers Home Administration for $100,000 to project. 11. State Historic Preservation Commission review letter. 12. Set of six Advertisements from joint City Of Bangor and State of. Maine promotion project. 13. Set of three photographs of project area. Amigned to Coan6km _ CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) (9atr puph zanq cne„ submiseion_o£ a 1989 Maine Ecpnomic. Corr dox Action G ant_ application By tN atp Csaadt of the CK4 ofDamnsv, --- ORDERED, THAT application for a State of Maine Economic Corridor Action .grant be submitted up to the amount of S150,000�fcr public service infastiuctuaein the Maine Avenue Business Development Park (EIA) area and, in a second application catssr up to $20,000 for future project planning in or near the state designated economic corridor. - - - IN CITY COUNCIL May 22, 1989 Passed Cop Attest; CITY CLERK - .=„1 ��.opvo.IS� coy ooceticnel_ Yflth University College \UV -.r �silJ' n nn n O OOO I v 0 o n n �p�0 e oa 00 cvcOc:D� O $� O 000R�om° 0000 00 n 00 'p 345 n _x,\ oO 310 >a dao =TE CN cAVIA LICHTeOtt MyP �� \LICNi O_ V { O EE � �— I MP..T.DIr.. WSINR,t_EDUEP,PRISr PPYT N (Ezistinz Buildin," Pnd Fuad Oyst=ms, OFFce �F.,6Nr INDLLCTRIRC: R MMSN a 'D'6 _ I���" �^6euma� Av,nr,ou MAINE BIRU "Q rNTrPnRISV PORK _ . Proposed . . h' \- P Permanent Roadr,�ays. �- Pnd Retained Buildings Chy of Benpr, Maine MAINE AVENUE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARK ACTIVITY SITE DEVELOPMENTS MARKETING LOTPREPERATION ROAD CONSTRUCTION —� WATERLINE & UTILITY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING& PERM ITTING CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING FUNDING PROJECT PLANNING 1988 1SR9 1m 1991 1992 — _ val� I.. _ - 19 — _ _ - 19 Ta - ._ -,:r. .._ _. - .......... _ a n.. o - - o 0 N f 6 `,•-a/ J yCOMMUTING PATTERNS '•�` / 1880 , Place IA4 • ' on Employed in BANGOP aU and Bangor MSA eooe<e. Us' osammetcfC.mm... c..w.STea 1988 BANGOR COMMUTER WORKFORCE AREA - EMPLOYMENT MONTHLY (Source: Bureau of Employment Security Labor Force Estimates) TOTAL WORKFORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED AVG. RATE AVG JAN 105,560 98,650 6,910 6.58 FEB 105,770 98,530 7,240 6.88 MARCH 105,200 98,110 7,090 6.78 APRIL 106,830 100,890 5,940 5.68 MAY 105,780 101,050 4,730 4.58 JUNE 110,360 - 105,670 4,690 4.28 JULY 111,640 105,12.0 6,520 5.88 AUG 114,130 110,550 3,580 3a1 SEPT 110,470 107,580 2,890 2.69 OCT 109,770 106,740 3,030 2.88 NOV 109,670 105,650 4,020 3.78 DEC 107,480 102,780 4,700 4.48 ANNUAL 108,555 103,443 5,112 4.78 Note: Changes in civilian labor force estimates for 1988 from previous years are due to methodological changes in determination of the figures by the Maine Department of Labor in 1985-86. John R, McRuman, in 4nn Wincend DePOaeem of ECONOMIC AND COMMUNI V DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: Data User Tamara Replan, Coordinator, Maine State Data. Center SUBJECT: Request for Data ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following data may be used in filling applications for an Economic Corridor Action Grant. If more information is required, please do not hesitate to Contact me at (207) 289-3195, AUMICIPAL,ITY: fro p P .;P PIPIPPME� 1980 I(o,1N3 w.slq 1,3A �&.do a o 19e2 (fl to85 IS d98 1, 38� 831 1979:I( 1984 17754 Ib 769 98S $.Sy 1986 15 159 19ae I(s�4�5 X5,879 530 3.e to puP I`ION STATISTICS: 1980 CENSUS: 1987 ESTIMATE: 1996 PROJECTION: hl c"y3 a o 34 10 PER CAPITA MONEY INCOME: 1979:I( . 1985: 9H9 9we House ends, 59, Au e,1,, mm" W H3 — Ofmu Lef@nt O 193 m0o e Surt nhiuhone 07)m9.265i Mr. Edward A. Barrett City Manager City of Bangor 73 Harlow Street Bangor, Maine 04401 Dear Mr. Barrett: M Office Bei limy Oman, aurae p RECOVED DATE: %2/ LtF TIME L',V July 8, 1988 Enclosed please find your copy of Form FmHA 1940-1, "Request for Obligation of Funds", indicating grant approval and obligation of funds in the amount of $100,000.00 affective July 8, 1988. If you have questions or desire further information, please contact our District Office in Newport, Maine. Sincerely, GHT cE L��A y�, "ly'8{ate Ira for /I Ec closure VVV District Director, NewportW fanvs ger "104Mmlm is r foal Opportunity Under. Fall Coplelnts of diorminatio shield be sot to: S retarr if ayieulnre, WsAingnn, O.C. 20150 UniteWierbot Facers 0 om Airviwtare anima<raunn Mr. Edward A. Barrett City Manager City of Bangor 73 Harlow Street Bangor, Maine 04401 Dear Mr. Barrett: M Office Bei limy Oman, aurae p RECOVED DATE: %2/ LtF TIME L',V July 8, 1988 Enclosed please find your copy of Form FmHA 1940-1, "Request for Obligation of Funds", indicating grant approval and obligation of funds in the amount of $100,000.00 affective July 8, 1988. If you have questions or desire further information, please contact our District Office in Newport, Maine. Sincerely, GHT cE L��A y�, "ly'8{ate Ira for /I Ec closure VVV District Director, NewportW fanvs ger "104Mmlm is r foal Opportunity Under. Fall Coplelnts of diorminatio shield be sot to: S retarr if ayieulnre, WsAingnn, O.C. 20150 MA W E HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 5 Capitol Street State House Station 65 Augusta.Mdineo4333 Earle O.Sheulewonh;)c RECEIVED Teleohow. Oircrbr 2%.289-2133 DATE: 6/d 9/P8 TIME, B_So__— — June 23, 1988 Mr. Edward 6. McKeon city Of Bangor Bangor laity Hall 73 Harlow Street Bangor, Me. 00001 Dear Mr. McKeon: My staff has reviewed the FmHB preappllcation to fund the Maine Avenue Business Development Park. I find that this project will have no effect upon any structure o site of historic,a rchitectural,. or archaeological s s a defined by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,0nificance Sincerely, I lewor h, Jr. State Histor"c Preservatio ficer B angorl be t placxt e Maine: to be 0 Bangor b being dismvwed... s one of Ib: best pluces m dorm. N the nottM1Met FO[ corn¢ very gtuE [¢awRi Atla[deble sites uW NNEings... e 111gh Buallry labs lone inel glues "2 WegP 18V¢IS... MISIandZn bl:; llOnajatoes. Including motor carver and ah w[8o, plus20BieugdnV band Bangor lry lemalloual Ahport, t'la Delta, United, astem Mad wBlluhsmFXmss arllna major U.S. citta. Sort: Ol Na M IM¢mmmMtrsllOna cap ebiP of luntl W g higa volume date 11 no I,MJun glc:l uppOR from the Unlveniry of McNeb mural or Sclenm and?echnologY. OmBrya1 Wet Uo we heves aB be lad 01 NllOn' But Youc�n besuno(bon,excepehl PPOM wrvNa. andedujust taout opporNnRiput and founder aaryrtant. put People people mMNe[Mpunant. Butd% take our svhM Nr Come se you=whYBIal. ngor. Medneb a Nr the ant^hest place" for _ your company. .............:�-..............me at. . mwaaar�waa,¢p, .......... .....:°:°Qq.°°rod °'m. R aeu�;rue NlMnwYNauOyfenlar ° wmYo� o m maeuay be.aoa ° aWlUryrylW ° Lbwnpny IoraaWw wmxmiaao ww.a...m.avu:wa�w...w.uoe.uwPthis Bangor Maine: a�w 'o fsh 0 when you can go 'upshore'? ❑ko the -MM lunch"... the attraction of "Cheap lapin^ m en offshore Imatlon may turn out to be not so cheap almr an When you add up ell the costs of 6om8ottaMre: emnsPonln68mtla... travel htne...calmrel�miguage baMem foreign nlrentre re�volahle¢8,t Chahgeral&.,flde%eCalive`,mr;j coafa, an offshore locoebn could cwt your Company more than you "save" on labm. There fear ahemanve..V upahore! If Vonrcompeny needs rin the urban munch, tlgitt labor in um no leble operating Cats. You can do that by coming up the Coast o Bangor. Try a wortforce that wvae, with am adannacoesform WWty to smid emandeeN lvity ad an and enchanted support winems -Mast Chia$ rtamponatbn end one, communications ... altoMabie servkas...a "rid famoa duality of fee, with most of the amenities of an urban center. ethernet �nMhim¢ m sugm...a wmid apan. ng a half a wild away. *mmasa rmwm¢ hwbpmfnt fit. ....... ^ n,dree. inertiaNEmtm m AkYWetrn. Pell 0174412h1u:9aNNK.W rcpnn 'N 4nN�InIUMM1u:YlefueM untel ° Negev ° rwe inor °�Ne ewiw 0PowlNair a male �_ i proalor - i Bangor Maine: You can get from here to Boston faster than you can get to Logan from Route 128! We know how Wi7tont a,=I WN He major markets is mormlmmpvleS. And V there's one thing you won't stuag m by laatmg your buahlea m Bangor, Maine...it's amesa0lnry! EAU. Fmm Bangor lnlema0onal Au, PH, you're only 35 minutes flying (Ane "in BPOWS IMOM AirPM Man's Militia how ihml win dWy, mmmulell From Bangor o New York, or Wash mgton, D.C., we're only Bbaal2 hours. To Atlanta or Chicago, ] noun. Bhl"Ing SOMms? Beverel of the nation's leading motor Carmen operate out of BB r, along with a Pat of Maine] mrrien whol get your shipment to market promptly, with fewer hassles. W now that you know you m "get there from here", Ian's It time to think about moving hem ... firm there? O auµrinkrtNmY Nau�ny GNm m Wo WAK, m rweM n wl o a �w�aysnw o ��a� Bangor Maine: Locating your company here could make some of your key people richer! How can movingyourmmpany m Bangor make vomkev p¢monnel richer without costing you any money? It's simple enough. Average sei4 theBe ei mmperable homes in ngpr region m. anywhem N southern New Bngland, can make d possmle for yourkeypeopie tp pocket (mm f00,000 to 300,000 in eortatV .a hddet bonen that makes transfer and mote ing easy. Here's another boom: ti 0living environment they Willhnd..and love ...good scM1Oob antl colleges, a wide has or rrocreetloneVcuiturel programs, honest people N pmblemiree neigh Nation". spouse employment Oppormm blas, and a chinned pace. And how abam the edvanmges for eourcampany?('gnsltler these pOs0lvm: n ava0eble, responsive mworklorte, modern transportation evkes, state, Of theart cemmumcffiisins, linancing Incentives, and many more business prmicatirms. If Wars the No lets talk about them ell aO:BeiLLw rwnomk 0.veNpmeni Rpi, a XeXar 51. Gnao4 Mf Mql 1%ee1 N?Me} hkc 9.Wa1AarW% MIMI D aenryNleme�tloiutle¢uvvy@nM a OMMMrAUAW a ormTaceuny DM, a PoPo ho o�x o N�: inn giro B angor Maine: Think of us as a Pine Tree Oasis. Companies mining Put new ]motion$ for ibelr e%panding opsommas need a community that pmeesses the "arils Sector'. Sum ... even unbosom needs a "small Placed i beaury,rtlreshmentand com%T as one dictionary, adjust oasb.'ITat S Bangor. But industry's "oasis Woof must include mom...a regional eeondma I'll 01 IM11 ant slu, modem Imus ponaYwn, attaMable bugtliags, sites, bmishlg...and educational GmPusC6 and University Summit Programs. Mostly, it needs an evaJable, &owing Markdown that is Economical, skilifvh amounted, highly lminable, res; sive and productive..dike it used to he. And all of this must be bar enough away to escape union industry plateaus ...but close enough to move goods and people fast and conveniently. That's Bangor. Think of us as yam company's a sif...with Pine tures. lm73 7aHams, 4naaeaME W101�1. Ann : m Mcuon, on. Irml 0114812 least savant esmm JaWsu �"iwwi aalmmi cow aa1v"wM au{oeNamsswid lMufvy Csntee I] W MUYw/ O p nnM7au/ Moon a0alMMsnphlM O Rwnlwm wwauMlx. Maim, ew—W_: Algnmc Bangor Maine: The very last place you should consider for your new location! ff yout compeay t feelhg the'phch- W Belot shortages, declining pmaummty Increasing apace costs, litNN bugs, and wage rates ... You're probably considering moving elsewhere. Bat where? Have you Nought about Bingos, Maim? Maybe you haven't... net Itah e you should, because we stiff have affordable sites and buBAings... a pmduative, hovel work tome... reasonable wage levea... and the kind Of bush¢%envhmmml that is attracting morn and more companies arm ... train alemmnt assembly to wood pradums..Aum data processing to automaton component. And, hanger learn the well, cuBRtal and Rcresibnal handles Chet make d, an here very, vein special. Md,we'R only to mNhes Dog mine lam Boston, too! So why do we sell Bangor is the and Place you should connote? Steeple. Aber youVe seen what Baur has to otfet your tympany, you mli t want to look any further! m xmrea`.m In a�� .J wwi`"w' Ann: U NcWo4 W. NP/I W74042 Mui BANNP lePW/ neW m�wMol�u`x�m WaeC��^, eine ape Nlamtloml OwO Awlwk *a WOMgaManassas O 0 swans" ownwwNr aPmauneer owwnV sh�fa Ory Sere_m— ttwwne R1 One example of the type of wood-frame structures scheduled to he removed to prepare for the creation of the imine Business Enterprise Park. /` M .114 N2 Three of the larger World war ii - era buildings that will be removed. While / exteriors of some of the structures have been painted or sided,, all have deficient interiors, and have long since surpassed their intended economic life. 93 one view of the excellent, park -like environment of the land area proposed for l the Maine Easiness Enterprise Park.