Freeport - Your Business Advantage
Freeport prospers as a coastal New England community ideally located for business and pleasure in the center of the Southern Midcoast of Maine’s vibrant and dynamic business environment.
Freeport is the number one tourist destination in Maine (for residents and out-of-state tourists) with over 3.5 million visitors spending over $300,000,000 annually.
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• Location, location, location - premier vantage point for
transportation access, workforce availability, Maine resident traffic,
and tourist destination in Maine.
• Transportation access - immediately off 1295 and extremely
convenient to Maine Turnpike, Portland’s International Jetport,
International Marine Terminal, and freight and passenger rail service.
• Dynamic business community - join L.L.Bean and over 400
businesses from the retail, lodging, dining, professional services,
construction, entertainment, cultural, historical, auto, home, and
business support services, and financial services industries.
• Traffic counts - one of highest average daily traffic points on I295.
• Diverse, dependable, and skilled labor force - of over 265,000
available workers living within 30 miles of Freeport, at a lower than
national average labor wage and with extremely low turnover rates.
• Telecommunications and energy utilities - one of the most
advanced, highly reliable infrastructures in the nation.
• State and local incentives - an array of financial options.
New... A new TIF (Tax Increment Financing) Policy and Process has been adopted by the Town Council. For the complete document, click here.
The new Freeport Village Station in the Downtown Freeport Village
Freeport Fields and Trails Update...
This fall the contractor is grading the ground surface and will install sod. All of the fields should be available for use in the spring of 2012. The trails are being laid out in cooperation with local trail organiza-tions and volunteers and will be ready next spring as well.
New Tool!
FEDC now offers you a new business building tool - our at a Glance economic data dash-board with updated statistics to help you know, plan and grow.
