| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. |
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| | This bill proposes to implement legislation to improve | Androscoggin County in the following ways: |
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| | 1. Improve the infrastructure. In effecting this goal, the | recommendations of the Downtown Initiative in the Department of | Economic and Community Development focusing on how to revitalize | downtown areas in Maine would be implemented; |
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| | 2. Enhance existing businesses and encourage job growth. As | part of this goal, the manufacture of a prefabricated industrial | park, ready to be occupied by businesses, would be encouraged; |
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| | 3. Attract high-tech and high-wage jobs. This would be | partially accomplished through the appropriation of $300,000 each | to Central Maine Technical College and Lewiston-Auburn College; |
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| | 4. Encourage and promote tourism, convention activities and | special events by emphasizing and advertising Androscoggin County | as a destination point for these activities. Additionally, the | feasibility of a convention center, built to service the State, | would be explored and developed; and |
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| | 5. Promote a stable economic environment through the review | of current rules and regulations and taxes and making any | necessary changes. |
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