One Katahdin Industrial Park - 1 Year Anniversary Update
Our Katahdin President Sean DeWitt with an update on the latest developments at the One Katahdin industrial park.
Wifi Hotspots Live on Penobscot Avenue in Time for July 4th Celebrations
MILLINOCKET, Maine – (June 30, 2017) – Our Katahdin is pleased to announce that phase one of the community broadband technology plan is underway, and live wifi hotspots will light up Penobscot Avenue just in time for the 4th of July holiday. The project includes placing three wifi hotspots along Millinocket’s main street to provide free wifi service for visitors and locals spending time downtown to visit shops and grab a bite to eat.
Charles Lawton: Approach taken by Our Katahdin may show the way to prosperity
By CHARLES LAWTON - For at least a generation, economic development in the great North Woods of Maine had to be one of two things – either revitalization of forestry and logging and the industrial mill jobs they supported, or creation of parks and tourist attractions that would provide the economic base of the future. It couldn’t be both, proponents of each side argued.
Parks and tourists, industrial supporters argued, would bring government and regulations that would stifle the logging industry and bar hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and other traditionally easy access to and use of large tracts of forest land not owned by but available to local residents...
Our Katahdin Town Hall Meeting - 3/30/2017
Update on the Millinocket Mill Site, Broadband, 230 Penobscot and more. March 30th, 2017 at KRHEC in East Millinocket.
Our Katahdin Acquires Millinocket Mill Site
MILLINOCKET, Maine - (January 12, 2017) – Our Katahdin, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the Katahdin region, has acquired the former Great Northern Paper assets in Millinocket, including all property, designations, and liabilities held by GNP West, GNP Holdings II, and the New England Center for Business Development. Transfer of stewardship of the properties was finalized on January 11, 2017.
