Community Assistance 

Downtown Master Planning
Organize, develop and implement comprehensive downtown strategies. EPCG is a registered Maine Downtown Center qualified advisor.

Business Park Development
Prepare, finance, and fill your current or next business park

Comprehensive Planning
Assist communities in the development and completion of their comprehensive plan.

Land Use Planning
Manage the site plan review process.

Municipal Administrative Services
Complete a variety of services such as the preparation of requests for proposals.

Branding
Organize and implement full marketing, public relations, and branding programs.

Economic Modeling and Profiling
Analyze, summarize and present housing, business, demographic or other economic
profiles and reports.

Community Strategic Planning
Facilitate and organize group dynamics to prepare focused strategic plans and
implementation.

Results: 

City of Bath
Advised the City and the Town of West Bath and completed a business park feasibility analysis.  As a result, EPCG worked with the City to establish two TIF Districts—one financed public infrastructure to expand the Wing Farm Business Park and the other provided infrastructure for Downtown Bath.

City of Ellsworth
Crafted a 10-point economic development strategy to facilitate business expansion and development in the City.  To date, Ellsworth has acted on four points and is working on other action items.

Wind Projects—Community Financial Investment
EPCG worked with Washington and Franklin Counties to design the first-ever countywide TIF programs.  EPCG is working with a variety of towns to design TIF Districts to protect the communities from impacts on state revenue sharing and to dedicate funds towards future economic development.

Related professionals:

Scott A. Benson
Mathew H. Eddy
John P. Holden
Don Gerrish
Noreen G. Norton