Downtown Master Planning process.

We are pleased to announce that Biddeford has been awarded the Heart and Soul Community Planning Grant from the Orton Family Foundation in Vermont.

Fore more information, click HERE and stay tuned for updates on this website!

We have begun out Heart and Soul Community Planning project!  Below is a graphic done by our facilitator, Denis Lachman, which helps to explain our approach.  

1. The first phase of our project will be to gather stories from the community.  Do you know anyone who has a good story to share?  What is important to you about downtown Biddeford?  Stay tuned for community gatherings and story telling opportunities!

2. The second phase will be analyzing all of the information, stories, and community input we have gathered.  We hope to start the seed for a full fledged oral histories project with this information, or add this information to a museum down the road. 

3. Phase 3 involves taking information from phase 1 and phase 2 and putting together a team who will then seek more community input for a Downtown Master Plan.  This plan will be a road map for how we grow downtown.

If you would like to be involved, have a good story, or want to know more...please email us at heartofbiddeford@gmail.com.