Community Calendar

What is the value of historic buildings in downtown districts? What is the highest and best use of these buildings?

Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. has been maintaining the former Winter Street Church and attached Parish Center for 51 years! A sense of place must be enhanced by community member experiences, SPI seeks to engage the greater Bath community with the Winter Street Center. What can we do with these two buildings?

Guest Speaker: Anne Ball – Sr. Program Director, Maine Downtown Center, Maine Development Foundation
Anne became Program Director in 2016. The Maine Downtown Center is a statewide resource for downtown revitalization and serves as the Coordinator for the National Main Street Program. She originally joined the MDF in 2012 as a consultant to coordinate Healthy Maine Streets, a three-year CDC Community Transformation Grant and Grants to Green Maine, a partnership with Maine Community Foundation and Efficiency Maine. Previously Anne was the Cultural Heritage Tourism Coordinator for Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development. She was a consultant for many organizations including: Maine Preservation, Maine Humanities Council, Maine State Museum, and private architecture firms and communities.
Anne is skilled at getting diverse partners to work together, learn each other’s languages, and bring new energy to their work. She has a strong passion for the preservation of downtown communities and sees the clear connection between open and welcoming communities as indicators for health, quality of life, and a strong economy. Anne has a BS from St. Lawrence University and an MA in Historic Preservation from Boston University.

All are welcome.

Download iCal