[CPEO-BIF] Former Maine Leathers Tannery property, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ribbon cutting formally opens new Dover-Foxcroft riverside park

By Stuart Hedstrom
Piscataquis Observer (ME)
July 24, 2013

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine - For the last half decade, steps have been  
taken to convert the former Maine Leathers Tannery property along the  
Piscataquis River into a public recreation area, with much of the  
work funded by a $600,000 grant for brownfield cleanup from the  
Environmental Protection Agency. On the evening of July 16 the new  
approximate 36-acre park - town officials are still looking at  
possibilities for a formal name for the site - was formally opened  
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to thank all those who had a hand in  
the development of the property off Vaughn Street over the last five  
years.

With a crowd of about 40 gathered for the ribbon cutting - just down  
the hill from the parking area and near the launch for canoes and  
kayaks which includes a row of boulders to indicate the end of the  
drop off point for vehicles with watercraft and the edge of the  
property - Dover-Foxcroft Town Manager Jack Clukey began the  
presentation by saying the opening of the park has brought the clean  
up of the site to a close. "We don't have a name and what we would  
like to do is come up with a name for the park," he said, mentioning  
those in attendance could write down such suggestions.


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For the entire article, see
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/07/24/news/piscataquis/ribbon-cutting- 
formally-opens-new-dover-foxcroft-riverside-park/

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Lenny Siegel
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