A Boston Globe story about Biddeford’s mill revival was featured on the top fold of the newspaper’s business section on Sunday.
The Globe story documents the new investments that have spurred new life into the city’s 35-acre mill district, with Portland Pie Co. having recently opened a 130-seat restaurant in the Pepperell Mill building, which currently houses about 150 companies. Other featured developments include the recent purchase of the Lincoln Mill facility, where developer Tim Harrington plans to invest $50 million to build a hotel and apartment complex.
“It’s an exciting time,” Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant told the newspaper. “We’re seeing more and more people here, catching the wave of optimism and developing a ‘yes we can’ attitude.”
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