Business View Civil and Municipal | March 2021

156 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL MARCH 2021 project is only the second one of its kind in the Country. The benefit of this particular project is that the design is 21st century,” says Stevenson. In addition to the Vertical Harvest project, the city is reconstructing Westbrook Common – a pedestrian mall that will host concerts and events, a two -mile river walk around the Presumpscot river that flows through our downtown (currently in the planning stage), and a four-season open air pavilion located adjacent to the falls in our downtown for year round festivities. Foley notes, “This is really important because these are investments that the city is making to stimulate private sector investment in our downtown. These combined projects make our downtown destination oriented for residents and visitors supporting our local economy”. Westbrook is committed to sustainability and is in the process of researching a municipal solar project located on a city-owned landfill that, when constructed, will power all city and school facilities. “We’re working on Economic Development Director, Daniel Stevenson Deputy Director of Economic Development, Ashley Rand