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Article: Katahdin region development aide weighed as one-day-a-week option
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- October 10, 2009
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MILLINOCKET - The Town Council wants to use regional funding to
hire an economic development agent a day a week to promote economic
development in the Katahdin region.
Councilors on Thursday agreed to pursue the idea with the
Katahdin Area Recovery and Expansion, or KARE, committee, which is
composed of leaders from East Millinocket, Medway and Millinocket.
The idea, Town Manager Eugene Conlogue said, would be to pay an
agent from Eastern Maine Development Corp., and possibly a college
student assistant, to help local businesses, fledgling businesses
and others looking to move to the three towns
The agent would have about a six-month trial period. No time
would be spent on economic ...