âIt definitely can be done,â said Rob McCarthy, founder of the Melan Hotel Group.
McCarthyâs assessment was warmly received by the Berlin Industrial Development and Park Authority, which hired him in March to evaluate the cityâs potential to support a small hotel.
Berlin Community Development Director Pamela Laflamme reviewed McCarthyâs report with BIDPA at its monthly meeting last week.
Armed with McCarthyâs assessment, BIDPA voted to hire him to continue working on the effort for the next three months. By the end of that period, the schedule calls for him to have finalized a group of stakeholders willing to invest in the project, agreed on a site for the hotel, and decided whether it will be an independent or brand hotel. McCarthy will be paid $5,000 a month as he moves through the various goals for a total of $15,000.