If you are looking for a quick overview of what Gouldsboro has done over the past five years and continues to do now to make its coast more resilient, Maggie Mills created a brief presentation that answers your needs. We present it here as a set of easy-to-view images that tell our story.
Corea Project Update
Coastal resilience work around Corea Harbor is moving from planning to action. Building on the two meetings with Corea residents last summer and fall, the Town of Gouldsboro has charted a course that leads to construction to address flooding at the Crowley Island Causeway and Corea-Cranberry Road Junction.
Storm Response Presentation
Gouldsboro will be among the communities sharing what it has done and learned at tonight's Storm Response and Preparedness meeting hosted by Maine Sea Grant. Here are the slides we will present. And here it is as a PDF file if you want to download it.
Regional Storm Response Meeting – Tuesday, February 11
Town officials from Gouldsboro and surrounding communities will gather at the Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus at 5 PM on February 11 to take stock of what towns have learned since last January's storms and plan for the future. This post describes the meeting's goals and includes registration information.
Corea Considers Resilience Options
Gouldsboro residents met on November 26 to consider draft plans to make two Corea locations less vulnerable to storm damage. Many of you could not make the meeting. This post describes the plans and the questions and concerns raised at the meeting.
Second Corea Resilience Meeting
Gouldsboro residents, especially Corea residents, are invited to participate in the second Corea Resilience Planning meeting at 4 PM on Saturday, November 16, at the Black Duck Inn in Corea. In this second meeting, participants will review alternative approaches to reduce storm vulnerability and share preferences.
Corea Residents Begin Work Toward Storm Resilience
Gouldsboro launched its project aimed at improving Corea's ability to withstand big storms. The 46 residents at the meeting described what they saw in the January storms and their thoughts about what the project needs to address. This article summarizes meeting outcomes and describes the project's next steps, including a second meeting on November 16.
Resilience at Bottom Line Fisheries
Bottom Line Fisheries in Corea Harbor was awarded $25,000 in matching funds from Maine's Working Waterfront program to help repair damages from the January 10 storm.
Corea Harbor Resilience Kick-Off
Gouldsboro will kick off its Corea Harbor Resilience project at the Black Duck Inn in Corea on Sunday, August 25th, at 4 PM. The project wll identify the best ways to modify the Crowley Island Causeway and the Corea-Cranberry Point road junction so that they can withstand large storms and sea level rise.
Looking Ahead for Three Key Harbors
A new project funded with $50,000 from the Coastal Community Grant/Shore and Harbor Planning Grant program will focus on increasing coastal resilience in Bunkers Harbor, Prospect Harbor, and South Gouldsboro harbor. It will evaluate working waterfront infrastructure and recommend improvements.