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A Note from the President
Our PRESIDENT
Why the Bangor Region?
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Thank you for taking the time lifestyle. Lately, we are seeing more retirees and remote to check out our "Spotlight" workers relocating to our region. Membership and Resource They recognize and appreciate that the Bangor region Guide Magazine. This is truly a is a vibrant hub for retail, healthcare, education, arts celebration of the Bangor region and culture. Innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and our member businesses. are part of the fabric of our communities. This region We hope you will visit the 21 features abundant recreational and outdoor activities communities featured in this in our own backyards and within a short drive we can guide and support our member be sitting by the ocean or skiing in the mountains. businesses that represent a wide Travelers appreciate having an airport that connects to range of products and services. any location in the world. I appreciate that seeing a bald Deb Neuman If you are a member of the Bangor Region Chamber of eagle on the way to work is a regular part of my daily (eight minute) commute. Commerce, we thank you for your Whether you are coming here for a vacation, vocation support and we will continue to or relocation, we are here for you! Reach out to us and be here to support you. Recent times have reminded us we can help you find the people, places and resources that the ability to adapt to change is critical to survival. you need to make your experience the best it can be.
For more than a century the chamber has adapted to change and we will continue to do so to best serve our communities and our members. Throughout this publication you will read the “why” from individuals who have chosen the Bangor region as the place they live, work, play and more! Like so many others, I could write pages of reasons why I choose to live here. I recall when my 8 year old niece was visiting here one summer and as she was packing up to head home to
New Jersey she said to me, “I don’t want to leave. Aunt
Debbie, you are so lucky you never have to.” I shared with her that when she is “big like me” she too can make this place her home, year round. I was her once. A kid from out of state who came to
Maine every summer and was sad every year that I had to leave. When I was old enough to stay, I did and I have no plans to leave, ever. My story is not unusual. You will meet people in our region who grew up here and stayed, who grew up here, left and returned. Young people who came here to attend college and remained after graduation. You will meet former visitors who are now year round residents and professionals who came for a job and stayed for the
