The Town’s highest priority is relocating Wiscasset’s entire wastewater treatment plant. The plant is in a floodplain, and recent storms have helped clarify that it needs to move from its current location in the harbor. So, the town is being proactive to avoid potential future flooding. Another focal point regarding infrastructure is ensuring broadband coverage throughout the town. Although it already has great coverage for many parts of town, there’s still room for expansion in certain underserved areas. Coverage across Wiscasset is decent enough, but they were unfortunately denied a grant from the state to expand. However, the town has a Broadband Committee that has been actively working on funding this expansion and upgrading the whole town to fiber for the past couple of years and continues to do so. THE FABRIC OF WISCASSET Local businesses make up the fabric of Wiscasset. Chrostowsky wants to clarify that they welcome new businesses with open arms and support existing businesses. We are a Certified Business Friendly Community, one of thirty-six communities given this recognition by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. Certified Business Friendly Communities provide exceptional service and streamlined regulatory processes for business owners and communities that can demonstrate a strong commitment to business development. “We’re open for business,” he says. “And for existing businesses that we have already, the message is that we’re here to support any way we can.” Chrostowsky acknowledges that for local businesses, it’s a matter of peoples’ dreams and livelihoods. “Every one of them has a story behind them. I’m learning those stories. It is my job to help keep these dreams alive.” These local businesses help to give Wiscasset’s downtown the charming, historic feel that residents love. The downtown is located in the Wiscasset Historic District because of the number of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.Wiscasset has a Museum in the Streets, Historic New England’s Castle Tucker, and Nickels-Sortwell House. Also, the 222 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03 BUSINESS VIEW AGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 01
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