Design includes parking at Hallowell’s proposed pocket park
Parking Committee presents its recommendations for the downtown park at the corner of Water and Central streets.
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A rendering of the Parking Committee’s recommended design for a proposed pocket park at the corner of Water and Central streets in downtown Hallowell.
Courtesy of the city of Hallowell
HALLOWELL A city committee has recommended a design for a proposed park at the corner of Central and Water Streets that would use half of the location for parking.
The Parking Committee, formed in July by former Mayor Mark Walker, discussed its recommendations last Monday at a Zoom meeting of the City Council.
Mark Walker recalls ‘many happy moments’ in 7 years as Hallowell’s mayor
Walker, a Republican, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in November, will be replaced by City Councilor George Lapointe on Jan. 4.
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Outgoing Hallowell Mayor Mark Walker stops Wednesday near Erskine Hall in Stevens Commons area of Hallowell. The redevelopment there was undertaken during Walker’s seven years as mayor.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
HALLOWELL After seven years in Hallowell’s top elected position, Mayor Mark Walker reflected on many “happy moments” during his tenure.
Walker, a lawyer, was elected in 2013, before being officially inaugurated in early 2014. Before his election, Walker had served on the City Council since 2006. During that time, Walker said that Hallowell has seen “a lot of change and a lot of development.”