GORHAM — Thirty-five interested residents, business owners, and economic development professionals turned out on Monday evening, Nov. 5, in response to an invitation to a “brainstorming session” on “planning for economic development” in the Gorham High School cafeteria.
The ideas generated during the two-hour session will help the Gorham Planning Board and its planner-facilitator Tara Bamford update the economic development section of the town’s Master Plan, last reworked in 2005.
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