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Freeport’s Desert of Maine forms new non-profit organization The Times Record Share The Desert of Maine, a Freeport tourist attraction founded in 1926, will partner with a newly-formed non-profit organization to offer artistic and educational programming. The Desert of Maine Center for the Arts and Environmental Education, which was incorporated in April, has hired Hannah Gathman, a former coordinating director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport, as its first executive director. The Desert of Maine, a commercial entity, will continue to operate a campground and tourism ventures. The non-profit will organize and promote arts and cultural programming, educational workshops and school field trips on site in the Desert of Maine’s historic Tuttle Barn and on its dunes. ....
The Desert of Maine, a Freeport tourist attraction founded in 1926, will partner with a newly formed nonprofit organization to offer artistic and educational programming. The Desert of Maine Center for the Arts and Environmental Education, which was incorporated in April, has hired Hannah Gathman, a former coordinating director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance […] ....
Freeport council approves zoning change for Desert of Maine revitalization Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, nearly $2.5 million revamp. File photo FREEPORT The owners of Freeport’s Desert of Maine cleared their last major hurdle before starting in earnest their plans for a multi-million-dollar sweeping revitalization aimed at turning Maine’s only “desert” into a cultural, educational and natural hub. Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, nearly $2.5 million Desert of Maine revamp. Earlier this week, they received approval for a town zoning change in the formation of a “Nature-Based and Art Overlay” district to help further their efforts. ....
File photo FREEPORT The owners of Freeport’s Desert of Maine cleared their last major hurdle before starting in earnest their plans for a multi-million-dollar sweeping revitalization aimed at turning Maine’s only “desert” into a cultural, educational and natural hub. Doug and Mela Heestand, who purchased the property in late 2018, are in the midst of a multi-year, nearly $2.5 million Desert of Maine revamp. Earlier this week, they received approval for a town zoning change in the formation of a “Nature-Based and Art Overlay” district to help further their efforts. The Desert of Maine, which receives too much rainfall to be classified as an actual desert, consists of a 20-30-acres of silt – not sand– that functioned as a successful farm until overgrazing sheep caused widespread erosion, exposing the silt beneath the topsoil. ....