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For the second time in as many years, the City of Gardiner, Maine has chosen locally-produced wood pellets to heat its municipal buildings. Gardiner will host an open house on March 14, 2012 from 10:00 to 11:30 AM at Gardiner City Hall, 6 Church Street, in Gardiner’s historic downtown. The public is invited to attend and help celebrate Gardiner’s continued success with renewable energy, enjoy light refreshments, see the new boiler installation first-hand, and learn about the benefits of heating with a local and sustainable fuel.
This week the City welcomed Jarita Sadler as the Assistant Planner. Jarita will be the City’s key point person during the Orton process and will devote 24 hours a week to this endeavor. She will also spend additional time working on planning issues and grant opportunities for the City. Jarita has Masters degrees from UMass Amherst in both Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, and has experience working as an AmeriCorps coordinator and in past work has had experience working with middle-school age students in South Korea.~ Jarita comes highly recommended from peers and professors, and has worked as a research assistant and land planning and design intern.~ She also has experience with environmental modeling, GIS and mapping, and has a wealth of other valuable skills that will help her with the Orton project.~ Welcome Jarita!
Gardiner Main Street will host an informational workshop for owners of property within the downtowns and historic districts of Gardiner and other Kennebec Valley communities. The tax credit workshop, “Financial Incentives to Rehabilitate Historic Buildings,” will be held on Tuesday, March 8th at 5:30pm, at Gardiner Main Street Offices, 177 Water St. The free workshop is open to the public.
A group of private citizens in Gardiner have worked in conjunction with the City of Gardiner and Gardiner Main Street to launch an initiative to purchase and install American Flags along Brunswick Ave. and Bridge Street as a way of displaying support for our brave service men and women currently serving in the US military, and those who have served in the past.
The pellet boiler for City Hall was delivered today and installation has commenced (see photos below). As you know, this is our second pellet boiler; the first was installed at the public works garage in winter, 2010. Half of the cost of the City Hall pellet boiler was paid for by a $61,000 grant through the Wood to Energy grant from Maine Forest Service (ARRA funded). A study conducted in 2009 concluded that based on the purchase price, maintenance cost, and average heating oil comparative cost of $1.98/gallon, the City Hall pellet boiler would pay for itself in 16.8 years.
The City of Gardiner, Maine is hiring a part-time Assistant Community Planner to assist the Department of Economic and Community Development in community planning; grant writing, administration and stewardship; and committee staffing to support the City’s planning and development efforts, including an Orton Family Foundation Heart & Soul Community Planning grant. The position offers thirty hours per week until January, 2014 at a salary range of $18.00-21.00/hour based on experience and qualifications.
The Maine Coastal Program at the State Planning Office announces the award of $291,000 in grants for eight projects along the Maine coast. The grants will help enhance public access to the shore, reduce clam flat closures, and improve water quality. The grants are made possible from Maine’s federal coastal management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). All of the projects include collaboration among partnerships and each grantee will provide a minimum of 25% in matching funds or services.
Tonight the KV Chamber of Commerce will host its annual awards banquet and, as quite often is the case, entities from Gardiner will be receiving awards. Pine State Trading will be presented with the “Business of the Year Award”, Reny’s will receive a “President’s Award”, and Johnson Hall will receive a “Community Service Award.” Congratulations to these local entities and all the others in our region who are being honored
The City Clerk’s office has commenced work on an annual report for the City of Gardiner. This marks the first time in recent memory that Gardiner will have such a report, which will contain pertinent information on the FY11 budget, public safety statistics, election results, updates from various committees, etc. This will provide one-stop shopping for members of the public looking to get a better insight into their government. The document should be ready in late spring and will be available on our website, with limited copies available at City Hall
“Our agreement with API will result in cheaper costs, less down-time, and quicker service response times,” said City Manager Scott Morelli in a prepared statement. “API is a good firm and the fact that they are locally-based makes this agreement all that much better.”
The City of Gardiner is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to return its banking services to Gardiner-based The Bank of Maine. After a three-month long competitive bid process to which five financial institutions responded, the City reached an agreement with the bank and began its relationship with them this month.
The City of Gardiner, Maine is hiring a part-time Assistant Community Planner to assist the Department of Economic and Community Development in community planning; grant writing, administration and stewardship; and committee staffing to support the City’s planning and development efforts, including an Orton Family Foundation Heart & Soul Community Planning grant.
Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. will present a program by Jon Brandon, owner of East Point Conservation Studio in Brunswick, on Sunday, January 22nd at 4 P.M. at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington Street in Bath. His talk will cover some of the most interesting pieces of furniture that his studio has conserved, highlighting the best that Maine cabinetmakers have produced as well as remarkable pieces “from away” that are now in Maine, both antique and modern.
Here we are in January and strange weather. Come to the Bath Farmers Market Saturday morning at the UCC on Congress Avenue, and feel the familiar warmth from 9-12. We still have wonderfully fresh produce, glowing in the soft light of midwinter, lots of fresh baked goods, meats, and artisanal items.
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