Concerns
Workforce Housing
Low school enrollment/families can’t afford houses
Resource protection
Should do island-wide planning
Housing, should retain village
Docks – need specifics in ordinance
Viable, diverse YR community
Year-round village
Unable to staff businesses
Want to retain quality of life
MD less transient than other MDI towns
Housing
To what extent are people excluded?
Bar Harbor is looking at 10% workforce housing requirement
New houses vs. infill & rehab of existing stock
Don’t like so many fences
Public Transportation
Need to educate people to use it
Economy
Tourists – need to acknowledge & not discourage
Improved signage
Commerce at NEH Harbor –
Explore expanding/mixed-use
Look at old plan from pre-dredging
Farmer’s market could be at Harbor
Chamber of Commerce
Viable Main Street
Sea St/ Tracy – look at for changing zoning
Consider consolidated services at Sergeant Drive
YR apartments in village – change height restrictions
Pump roof at garage (?)
Could put housing on east side of cow lot
Natural Resources
Preserve Dark Sky - Replace street lights, safety a concern if eliminated
Island Astronomy (Peter Lord) a resource
Docks along shoreline – too many
Maintain drinking water quality
Locate and use springs as source for town water
Unauthorized paths to ANP concern for Park: neighborhood meetings to establish single path
Water quality concerns at Seal Harbor beach
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