Gouldsboro to update comprehensive plan
GOULDSBORO – Twenty years have passed since the town crafted its comprehensive plan. In that time, the U.S. Naval base closed in Winter Harbor. The K-8 grade Peninsula School opened its doors. The nation’s last sardine cannery ceased operating and Acadia National Park’s Schoodic Woods campground and trail system and The Schoodic Institute were born.
With such major changes impacting Gouldsboro, Planning Board member Deb Bisson has volunteered to head a town committee to scrutinize the 60-page document over the next year and a half. Under Maine law, 14 of the plan’s chapters must address specific topics ranging from demographics and housing stock to forestry and agricultural land and marine-related resources. Seven maps also are required among other things in the plan viewed as a tool to chart the community’s future for generations to come.
Barn again:Â Remodeled barn envisioned as events center
Steuben builder Heath Barnes and his son Aaron singlehandedly rebuilt the 2,800-square-foot barn at the former Ocean Wood Campground property in Gouldsboro’s Birch Harbor village. The building is envisioned as an events center for the Schoodic Peninsula and for groups coming from farther afield. ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTOS BY LETITIA BALDWIN
GOULDSBORO â When Roxanne Quimby bought the former Oceanwood at Schoodic Point, featuring bold, pristine coastline, the 118-acre propertyâs structures included a run-down barn nestled in the woods. Four years later, that white elephant has been transformed into an airy, handsome building poised to serve as a special events center for the greater Schoodic Peninsula area and beyond.