Residents can also expect to see an upgrade to the holiday tree that goes up in West Market Square each winter, which the Hollywood Casino is sponsoring. That support led to a $1,000 award from the Maine Trails Coalition, which will allow the group to do more improvements. He and Dodd are also members of Bangor’s Tree Board.īangor Beautiful stepped in this year as a fiscal agent for Friends of Lower Kenduskeag Stream, a volunteer group that has worked for the past eight years to maintain the trail, he said. The group hopes to plant more trees in an area near Leadbetter’s Super Stop on Hammond Street, with the goal of making it safer and more shaded for pedestrians, said Edwards, who co-owns accounting firm Edwards, Faust & Smith. The artwork, meant to connect people to the land they walk and drive across, will likely run along Hammond Street and feature themes of food, land and water. “We have some interesting natural resources so close to our city, but having the artwork and trees and more gardens is going to attract people.”Īmong its projects planned for 2024, Bangor Beautiful plans to collaborate with the Wabanaki Youth and Cultural Center to create a ground mural intended to add beauty to a busy section of the downtown and calm traffic. “It’s also about bringing visitors to see a unique northern city like Bangor, which is special even without the murals,” she said.
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