Wiscasset

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission provides the townwith various technical and planning services. In particular,Wiscasset’s contracts with the LCRPC provide the Planning Board and the applicant professional planning assistance as they navigate the permitting process. The Town is fortunate to have Emily Rabbe, the new Executive Director of the LCRPC, as our staff planner. As Chrostowsky tells us, “For a town this size and in Maine, it’s rare to have a planner and economic developer on staff.” The town works closely with the Midcoast Council of Governments staff on economic development matters such as TIFs and the state Department of Economic Community Development (DECD). Wiscasset has secured funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to purchase generators to improve the sewer system and pump stations. The town is the beneficiary of $5,000,000 in 2023 Congressional Directed Spending to upgrade its existing collection system and conduct a feasibility study for relocating the wastewater treatment plant. The town is looking to do a needs assessment for their office building. It was built in the late sixties and houses the police, EMS, and fire station. It wasn’t designed to hold all this, so it’s beyond capacity. “Simply put, we’re out of the room,” says Simmons. He hopes that they can secure funding to fix this issue. When the building was first built, the Town didn’t offer 24/7 full-time professional police and EMS services. 2024 AND BEYOND Many projects are in the pipeline, but the town manager has had one big goal in mind since he took office in 2020: restoring the Mason Station. He told us that a developer is exercising and studying the feasibility of buying the station and modernizing it into a mixed-use development. He explains: “That plant has been sitting there vacant since the mid-1990s with not much of any INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE 207-656-7600 / islebrookvillage.com 61 Flood Ave., Rt. 1 / Wiscasset YOUR NEW HOME AWAITS. The area’s newest and most progressive senior living community is coming soon! NOWACCEPTING RESERVATIONS! OPENING AUTUMN 2024 Photo Credit: Phil Di Vece 12 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03 BUSINESS VIEW AGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 01